The Ontario Federation of Agriculture has awarded five $2,000 bursaries to young people studying agriculture and this year, and for the first time there is a category for students completing a post-graduate or leadership development program.
The winners are Valerie Higginson of Vankleek Hill who is in her final year of studies to become a veterinarian, Andrew Kuiak who is apprenticing through Fanshawe College in London, Faith Emiry of Massey who is studying resource economics at Guelph, Michael Jones of Midland studying at Queen’s University in Kingston and Lexi Johnston of Listowel who is studying animal science at Guelph.