Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s been a changing of the guard, but last year’s winners are still pumped about their experience as the province’s Outstanding Young Farmers and their trip to the finals in Quebec City in November. “Phenomenal is the best word I can find,” said Nicole Brousseau, who operates Moo-Lait Family Farms with husband Richard near St. […] Read more
People make the difference in Outstanding Young Farmer program
Participants say the chance to connect with innovative farmers is at the heart of the program that showcases producers under the age of 40
Ponoka dairy goat producers newest Outstanding Young Farmers
Cherylynn and Patrick Bos have become the dominant Alberta supplier of goat milk products
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ponoka dairy goat producers Cherylynn and Patrick Bos are this year’s Outstanding Young Farmers from Alberta. “It was just really great to meet a group of people that was so optimistic and upbeat about farming,” said Cherylynn Bos. “We just really hope to build some lifelong relationships and friendships with those people.” Meeting the other […] Read more
P.E.I., Man. couples named Outstanding Young Farmers
After a year-long nationwide competition, a P.E.I. couple in a potato growing and processing partnership, and a Manitoba couple building a seed growing and seed retailing business, are Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2014. Andrew and Heidi Lawless of Kinkora, P.E.I., both part of a partnership producing about 1,200 acres of potatoes, and Myron and […] Read more
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