Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan is once again looking for nominees for the 2025 Champion Award.
The award recognizes an individual who has taken the initiative to engage or educate consumers about food and farming in our province. Nominees have used their skills to help inform consumers about production practices and have done a measurable job of promoting our industry.
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan works with a selection panel to recognize a person who strives to engage consumers about agriculture and helps farmers to build public trust in our province and beyond.
The 2024 Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan Champion was Joe Kleinsasser.
Kleinsasser is from the Rosetown Hutterite Colony and has been a member and supporter of Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan since its inception 10 years ago. He served as the first Chair of the organization when it transitioned from the Farm Animal Council in 2014.
In addition to his work with FFC SK, Kleinsasser was involved in the hog industry for nearly 17 years, first in equipment fabrication and later as manager of a 400 sow-farrow-to-finish hog operation. He served on the Board of Sask Pork from 2002 to 2009, and was director of SPI Marketing Group from 1999 to 2013. Kleinsasser also serves on the Agriculture Development Fund Advisory Committee, providing guidance on long-term agriculture research funding in the province. He is a member of the Agri-Food Council, an independent board that supervises and monitors agri-food agencies in Saskatchewan.
Other Champion Award winners include Shawn Colborn, Sherri Grant, Adrienne Ivey, Lesley Kelly and more.
More information and the nomination form can be found on the Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan website.
The nomination deadline is coming up August 31st, nominees must be a resident of Saskatchewan.