The Don Hill Legacy Award is an annual award recognizing an individual farm business in Ontario who successfully applied on-farm innovation and ingenuity to effectively address an identified environmental risk associated with soil, water, air or biodiversity on their farm. The winner will receive a $1000 prize, and will be announced at the OSCIA Annual Meeting in February 2023.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Be an Ontario farm business
- Have an Environmental Farm Plan that has been verified within the last five years
- A contestant can enter as often as they wish, but can win only once
- All entry forms and supporting materials become the property of OSCIA and will not be returned
- Any proprietary rights associated with the innovation remain the property of the contestant
Scoring Criteria:
- Originality and appeal
- Adaptability to general farm use
- Ability to reduce identified environmental risk
- Cost-effectiveness
- Personal safety
Go to https://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/association/don-hill-legacy-award/ to download the application form!