Jean Sullivan is this year’s winner of the annual Farming and Food Care award.f
Sullivan was nominated by the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers’ Association in recognition of her broad range of agriculture-focused volunteering, with letters of support submitted by Bruce Hudson and Ashley Knapton. H
Sullivan is a director of the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame, is a director of the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers’ Association, a 4-H leader in West Carleton and on the board of directors of the Carp Fair.
Her efforts were instrumental in bringing FFCO’s Breakfast from the Farm event to Carp in 2021.
She also started the first-ever ‘Real Dirt on Farming’ 4-H club, taking senior 4-H members through issues addressed in the award-winning publication.
