CCA first-time participant in Private Sector Mechanism meetings in Rome

In mid-June, Canadian Cattlemen Association (CCA) staff travelled to Rome, Italy to take part in a members meeting with the Private Sector Mechanism (PSM), a body that feeds into the United Nations (UN) Committee on Food Security. CCA’s involvement in the PSM came about as a result of the 2021 work on the UN Food Systems Summit, where CCA rallied the Canadian meat sector to ensure plant and animal agriculture were recognized as integral to the food system.

In Rome, CCA staff continued this work, making several interventions on behalf of Canada’s beef producers and ensuring that the role of cattle in a healthy environment and healthy population was well noted. Our attendance was part of CCA’s international government relations strategy with the outcome of safeguarding beef’s continued social license to operate.