MEET CANADA’S OUTSTANDING YOUNG FARMERS
STANDING OUT FROM THE REST
Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers program highlights and celebrates young, bold, and innovative farmers that are taking the risks to thrive in agriculture.
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Each year, seven honourees are selected to represent their respective regions at our National Event, where two are named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers. |
Ray & Tracey Bredenhof | West – Fraser Valley, BC
Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers 2021 winners Ray and Tracey Bredenhof, who operate a poultry and hop farm in the BC Fraser Valley, are rising to the challenges of farming today – and overcoming adversity along the way.
Roelof & Mary van Benthem | Spruce View, AB
On their fourth-generation dairy farm near Spruce View, AB, the van Benthems are answering the call to farm in innovative ways.
Andre & Katie Steppler | Miami, MB
Together with Andre’s parents and three brothers, the Stepplers multi-generational farm is also multi-faceted, growing grain, raising honeybees, and producing cattle.
Jim Thompson & Geneviève Grossenbacher | Lochaber-Partie-Ouest, QC
| Starting a first-generation farm in Canada today is an ambitious goal, but regional winners Jim Thompson and Geneviève Grossenbacher, owners of Notre petite ferme at Lochaber-Partie-Ouest, QC, surpassed that goal in under a decade. |
Jenny Butcher & Wes Kuntz | Brantford, ON
Philip & Katie Keddy | Lakeville, NS
Two pairs of outstanding farmers, two unique farming stories.
Michael & Jessica Lovich | Balgonie, SK
For Michael and Jessica Lovich, innovation has been key to growth in the face of challenge.
