Nominations are now open for the 2012 Ontario's Outstanding Young Farmers' Program.  Nominees may be individuals, partners or couples who derive a minimum of two-thirds of their gross revenue from farming and are under the age of 40 as of January 1 in the year of competition.

Nomination forms can be downloaded below or from the OOYF website at www.oyfontario.ca and must be received by December 15, 2011.

2012 Call for Nominations news release.pdf (26.29 kb) 

Nomination Form.pdf (262.86 kb)

The second annual Rural Research Workshop - "Policy and Research in Community Investment" is being held May 24-25, 2012 in Ottawa.

If you are interested in rural research and the linkage to policy and practice book the dates in your calendar now. If you are a researcher with findings to share, submit them now.

More information can be found at:  http://www.crrf.ca/?page_id=556