Ellen Sparry, general manager of C&M Seeds of Palmerston, has been chosen for an Honorary Life Award from the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association.
She has served on the association’s board of directors and on the board of the Canadian Seed Trade Association and represented it at the International Seed Federation and its Field Crop Committee.
Sparry joined C&M Seeds 24 years ago as a plant breeder, became manager of genetics and research and the company’s general manager in 2015.
She began her seeds-industry career in 1986 as plant breeder for King Agro of Listowel.
