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The ECFWA NIB – 2024 Awards Edition

2024 IFAJ STAR PRIZE

Matt McIntosh was named the 2024 International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) Journalist of the Year at the 2024 IFAJ Congress in Switzerland in August.

Matt’s winning piece, published in the Narwhal, takes an in-depth look at how the greenhouse industry impacts Lake Erie water quality.

Lake Erie is full of algae again. Southwestern Ontario’s exploding greenhouse sector won’t help

2024 CFWF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

At the annual conference of the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF) in Halifax on Saturday, Ontario agricultural journalists Robert Irwin of Vankleek Hill and Don Stoneman of Bancroft were presented with CFWF Lifetime Achievement Awards. READ MORE

2024 CFWF AWARDS

The Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF) announced the winners of its annual writing and photography awards on Oct. 5 during a special awards ceremony and banquet at the CFWF annual conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

CFWF presented gold, silver, and bronze awards in 12 writing categories, as well as awards for Communicator of the Year, Feature of the Year, Story of the Year, and Farm Writer of the Year. It also awarded gold, silver, and bronze in three photography categories and named a Photographer of the Year.

ECFWA winners include:

Farm Writer of the Year Award, Sponsored by AdFarm

Karen Davidson
Editor, The Grower
Submitted entries:
Why more precision is required to protect apple crops
Heritage apples are pressed into the service of hard cider
Why joint pain still afflicts the supply chain
Greenhouse technology outpaces Ontario’s infrastructure capacity
Guatemalan workers bridge the labour gap for Québec growers

Feature of the Year Award, Sponsored by Grain Farmers of Ontario

Melanie Epp
Get on board: Ag groups need wider variety of leaders
Published by GrainsWest

Story of the Year Award, Sponsored by the Canadian Canola Growers Association

Melanie Epp
Get on board: Ag groups need wider variety of leaders
Published by GrainsWest

Photographer of the Year Award, Sponsored by CFWF

Diana Martin
Soybeans
Published in the Soybean Guide

Communication – Long, Henry Heald Award, Sponsored by Glacier Farm Media

Gold
Lilian Schaer, Matt McIntosh, and Kelly Daynard
The Real Dirt on Farming
Printed in the National Post

Opinion Writing, Frank Jacob Award, Sponsored by Chicken Farmers of Canada

Gold
Matt McIntosh
Recognizing our Mixed Environmental Record
Published by Farmtario

Silver
Mary Feldskov, Brendan Byrne, and Victoria Berry
Global hunger, farming, and climate change
Published by Hill-Times

Technical Feature, Peter Lewington Award, Sponsored by Grain Farmers of Ontario

Silver
Melanie Epp
Living Proof: Use of biostimulants continues to grow, but remains experimental
Published by GrainsWest

Current Affairs Feature, Dick Beamish Award, Sponsored by Grain Farmers of Ontario

Gold
Melanie Epp
Get on board: Ag groups need wider variety of leaders
Published by GrainsWest

Bronze
Mary Feldskov
Rural childcare challenges
Published by Ontario Grain Farmer

Current Affairs Reporting, Q.H. Martinson Award, Sponsored by Bayer

Gold
Matt McIntosh
Lake Erie is full of algae again. Southwestern Ontario’s exploding greenhouse sector won’t help
Published by The Narwhal

People Photography, Don Baron Award, Sponsored by CFWF

Bronze
Sharon Grose
Filling Planter for Another Round
Published by Ontario Farmer

Production Photography, John Philips Awards, Sponsored by CFWF

Silver
Lauren Miller
Bond of Bison: Mother and Calf
Published in The Real Dirt on Farming, 6th Edition

Landscape Photography, Sponsored by CFWF

Gold
Diana Martin
Soybeans
Published in the Soybean Guide

Silver
Sharon Grose
Canadian Winter
Published in Ontario Farmer

2024 ECFWA PHOTO CONTEST

WINNER – PEOPLE CATEGORY
ANNE THOMPSON

RUNNERS-UP – PLACES CATEGORY

SHARON GROSE LAUREN MILLER

WINNER – PLACES CATEGORY
SHARON GROSE

RUNNERS-UP – PLACES CATEGORY

ANNE THOMPSON LAUREN MILLER

WINNER – THINGS CATEGORY
LAUREN MILLER

RUNNERS-UP – PLACES CATEGORY

SHARON GROSE AMANDA BRODHAGEN

King Charles III Coronation Medal

On Sept. 13, Senator Rob Black announced his 20 nominations for King Charles III Coronation Medals, commemorating the King’s coronation.

Kelly Daynard, an ECFWA member, was among the nominees.

To be eligible, candidates must have made a significant contribution to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community of Canada or must have made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada. Daynard was nominated for her service to agriculture.

Eastern Canada Farm Writers Association

c/o Mary Feldskov

4 Eldale Road

Elmira, ON N3B2C8

Canada

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