Vice President
Lisa Bechthold
Foremost, AB.
Lisa lives with her husband on a 3rd generation grain farm and has lived in a small rural community for most of her life. She has two children, a boy and a girl, ages 8 and 10. Lisa has earned a diploma in business administration and a BA degree. She became involved in the fight against factory farming two years ago, when the Taiwanese Sugar Corporation proposed a 7200-sow farrow to finish hog operation in her community and near their farm. Together, residents of the County of Forty Mile successfully defeated the proposal at both the Municipal Planning Commission and the Appeal Board levels.
Lisa joined the GRACE Factory Farm Project team in February 2001 and became their first Canadian consultant, working with groups across Canada who need help in dealing with factory farm issues.
Lisa is one of the founders of the Society for Environmentally Responsible Livestock Operations (SERLO), which was formed in April 2002. She is also on the steering committee of the Beyond Factory Farming Coalition which is a national coalition working on factory farming issues in Canada.
