Saskatoon hosting Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer Awards
The Excellent Younger Farmers’ (OYF) Program options seven regional winners concerned in lots of areas of agriculture.
Saskatchewan is represented by Cody Straza and Allison Squires with Upland Organics at Wooden Mountain. Different nominees embrace a potato grower from Prince Edward Island, a Quebec farm with dairy cattle and maple syrup, an Alberta beef producer and an Ontario market backyard. All the nominees are beneath the age of 40 and make the vast majority of their revenue from on-farm sources.
Every nominee is evaluated in a number of areas—-everything from manufacturing to innovation and group involvement. Two awards can be offered throughout a night gala on Friday night.
These are the regional honourees:
Gurpreet Lidder- Lidder Produce at Keremos, BC
Ben Campbell– Tullichewan Ranch at Black Diamond, AB
Cody Straza & Allison Squires– Upland Organics at Wooden Mountain, SK
Richard & Kristy-Layne Carr– Wealthy Lane Farm at Marchand, MB
David & Jennifer VanDeVelde– Healthful Pickins Market & Bakery- Delhi, ON
Guillaume & Etienne Lessard– Ferme Holdream Inc- St Honore de Shenley, QC
Morgan & Karissa Smallman– J&J Farms, Alberton PE
OYF is in its 41st yr and has greater than 300 alumni. The alumni play an vital position in organizing regional occasions and generally even mentoring their youthful colleagues.
CJWW Agriculture Director Neil Billinger interviewed Canadian Excellent Younger Farmers President Steve Cooper on Thursday morning.
