Fredericton, NB (Dec 8,2019) – Justin & Laura Rogers of Brae, PEI and Simon Michaud and Mylène Bourque of Kamouraska, QC were chosen as National Winners from seven regional farmers at Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer(OYF) Program’s national event held last week in Fredericton, NB Justin & Laura Rogers are 7th generation farmers who operate Picturesque [...]
Quebec City, August 29, 2019 - The 39th edition of the Gala announcing the winners of the Canadian Outstanding Young Farmers for the Quebec region was held on August 27th at the Conference Centre in Sainbt-Hyacynthe. The winners will represent the Quebec region at the Outstanding Young Farmers national event that will take place from [...]
Quebec City, QC (August 28,2018)– At the 37th Quebec Gala was held on August 28 at the Saint-Hyacinthe Convention Center, dairy producers, Philippe Laurendeau and Kristina Roarke from Ferme L’Authentic located in Warwick QC were named Quebec’s Outstanding Young Farmers. Philippe claims to have answered hundreds of times that he would be a farmer when [...]
PENTICTON, BC (Dec. 3, 2017) – Derek & Tannis Axten of Axten Farms Ltd- Minton, SK and Véronique Bouchard & François Handfield of Ferme aux petits oignons at Mont-Tremblant, QC were chosen as National Winners from seven regional farmers at Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer(OYF) Program’s national event held last week in Penticton BC. Meeru Dhalwala, [...]
Churchbridge, SK (September 4, 2017) – Organic vegetable producers Veronique Bouchard and Francois Handsfield of Mont-Tremblant QC, were named the 2017 Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) for the Quebec Region at their annual awards event held at the CentreExpo Cogeco de Drummondville on August 31. With no farm history but shared values and dreams Veronique and [...]
Niagara Falls, ON (Dec. 7, 2016) - Andrew & Jennifer Lovell of Keswick Ridge, NB and Dominic Drapeau & Célia Neault of Ste-Françoise-de-Lotbinière, QC have been named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2016. These two farm families were chosen from seven regional farm couples across Canada at OYF’s national event last week in Niagara Falls, [...]
DRUMMONDVILLE (September 7, 2016) - Dominic Drapeau and Célia Neault of Drapeau & Bélanger Farm have been selected as Quebec’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2016. The winners were announced at the CentreExpo Cogeco in Drummondville, QC, on September 2. Dominic and Célia are third generation dairy and field crop farmers who are not afraid [...]
