Wilson Loree Award Now Accepting Nominations

Sep 23, 2020

Farm Management Canada is seeking to honour individuals or groups with the 2020 Wilson Loree Award. This prestigious award was established over fifteen years ago, to honour those that have made an extraordinary contribution to developing and promoting new and positive change in agricultural business management practices and expertise in Canada.

FMC encourages the nomination of individuals or groups that:

have made significant contributions in the area of farm business management regionally or nationally;
have demonstrated innovation in areas such as turning research into practical management tools, adapting best practices from other sectors to agriculture, and finding new ways to deliver training, information and resources to farm managers;
have served as a role model and a mentor to colleagues, partners and clients, inspiring them to achieve their full potential;
have demonstrated the ability to network and develop partnerships to include others in furthering the shared goals and vision of the agriculture industry

Nominations are required by October 26, 2020. The nominator must be a member of Farm Management Canada. Farm Management Canada Staff and Board members are not eligible for the award. The winner will be revealed during the Agricultural Excellence Conference, which is going virtual December 8-10, 2020. All are welcome.

Source : FMC

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