Another Fall season is among us with a new president taking on the lead of our Society.  I take on this position with pride and sincere commitment to our profession as, moving forward, it will be faced with particularly interesting challenges.  We will increasingly be tasked with the need to develop adaptable and agile solutions for the agricultural and food sectors to build resilience in the face of increasing climate change challenges, with 2023 having brought us the hottest summer in history.  These resiliency and sustainability challenges were definitely a topic of choice in many of our discussions this past July.  I take the opportunity to sincerely thank Dr. Chandra Singh and the entire local organizing committee at Lethbridge College, Alberta, for hosting an engaging, well organized and very well attended 2023 Annual Conference. 

I look forward to a productive year and best wishes to our membership.

Valérie Orsat, P.Eng.
President CSBE/SCGAB