Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan names 2025 Champion Award winner

Oct 08, 2025

In a fitting celebration of Agriculture Week in the province, Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan announced today that the winner of the 2025 Champion Award is Sandra Hessdorfer. The award was presented during a #CelebrateAg luncheon in Saskatoon.

Each year, the Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan Champion Award recognizes a recipient who has engaged consumers about agriculture and worked to build public trust in farming and food in our province and beyond.

Originally from BC, where her family raised livestock and had an orchard, she later moved to Alberta before settling in Saskatchewan in 2006. Here, she purchased her own acreage and began working with Big Sky Farms before joining the local Co-op Agro, where she met her husband, Chris. Today, they farm together near St. Benedict, SK, raising crops and cattle with their two sons, Corbin and Riley.

Sandra Hessdorfer has been passionate about farming her entire life. When working as an Educational Assistant, she did not let a worldwide pandemic stop her from teaching people about agriculture, and began a YouTube channel with videos of life on the farm. She is lifelong learner and is an alumnus of both the Next Gen Mentorship Program through Agribition and the Learn to Lead program with SaskOilseeds.

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Video: A Farm Song (Busy) | Parody of A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey

Lyrics:

My days begin with workin’, Alarm’s at 5 o’clock,
I Fill 5 gallon buckets, The feeders and the troughs,
This five to nine ain’t workin’, why the heck do I work so hard?,
I can’t worry ‘bout health problems, I can sleep in when I’m gone,

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

I’ve been working pretty stressed but,
I ain’t changing for some cash,
Lord knows that I’m very blessed (More chores),
But I gotta say it’s hard,
Workin’ outside gettin’ charred,
Living out here on the farm, (more chores)

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history
There’s another 20 chickens that still need feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm getting’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Fun, here on ranch that’s what you can’t ignore,
Might be pretty hard but I love it to its core,
Flannel’s gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores (Tell ‘em sing with me)

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
Watching cattle in the dark, don’t miss me,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
(Yeeeeeehaw)
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
It’s the best bro, go get yourself a farm