• Evan Bowness ( South Osborne Urban Community Cooperative)• Rob Altemeyer (MLA for Wolseley)• Just Growing (A Rocha Canada project)• Molly McCracken (West Broadway Development Corporation, Harvest Moon)• Shawn from Turtle Island Community Garden• Ron and Eunice O’Donovan (Grow-a-Row, Kids Who Care)• Agape Table• Tyson Cormack (Point Douglas Resident’s Committee)

• Brandon Community Garden Network• Ursula Taylor (Swan Valley Food Bank)• Wes Huyghe (Littlepath Farm)• Jean Gardiner (Harvest Moon, gardener/farmer)

• Jessie Lavallee (Fox Lake, MB)• Billy Beardy (Fox Lake, MB)• Naosap Harvest Certified Organic Wild Rice• Sherry Ferland (Barrows, MB)• Barry Magnusson (Princess Harbour, MB)

• Shel Zolkewich (Manitoba Food Bloggers)• Adrienne Percy (People’s Food Policy Project, The Food Label Movement, • DigInManitoba.ca)• Corus Radio Entertainment• Kris Antonius (DigInManitoba.ca)

URBAN (8)

RURAL (4)

NORTHERN (5)

MEDIA (4)

GOLDEN CARROT

NomineesAWARDS 2011

• Nature’s Farm (Hermann Grauer)• Organic Planet Worker Cooperative• Sage Garden Herbs (Dave Hansen)• Chisick Metal• Bistro 7¼ (Alex Svenne and Danielle Carignan Svenne)• Notre Dame Creamery

• Livia Gloux (Stonewall Collegiate)• Joe Kaufert & Gladys Stewart (University of Manitoba)• Cam Cross (Pembina Trails School Division)• Blake Hamilton (New Era School)• Joe Lindhorst (Sturgeon Heights Collegiate)• Manitoba Farm Mentors

EDUCATION (6)

BUSINESS (6)

o Clinton and Pamela Cavers (Harborside Farms)o Geoff and Theresa Dyck (Boundary Creek Farm)o Lori Ann, Rene and Stefan Regnier (Blue Lagoon Organics)o Linda and Gareth Boyso Jonathan Stevens (Jonathan’s Farm)o Theresia Ley and Alexandra Durand (Blue Sky Farm)o Betty Kehler and Bob Pizzy (Plum Ridge Farm)o Adam Christian (Interlake Meadows Farm)o Ian Barnett, Debbie Thiessen and Kristine Zylstra-Moore (Fort Whyte Farms)o Members of: Northern Sun Farm Collectiveo Charles Tavernor (Parkland Ridge Farm)o Dwayne and Shelley Logan (Logan Farms)o Sue and Larry Black (Black Family Farm)o Wayne McDonald (McDonald Farms)o Wes Huyghe (Little Path Farm)o Al Boyko and Helene Tremblay-Boyko (Coyote Ridge Farm)o Cindy Murray and Doug Proveno George and Shelley Matheson (Dunsmore Farms)

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The Golden Carrot Awards are Food Matters Manitoba's annual awards recognizing the tremendous work Manitobans are doing to create a healthy, sustainable food system.

Awards will be presented and all nominees will be acknowledged at the Manitoba Legislative Building on

October 14, 2011 in celebration of World Food Day.

In addition, six nominees will also receive the Golden Carrot Award.

o Conrad and Val Zacharias (Zacland Dairy)o David Neufeld and Maggie Andres (Room to Grow)o Tim and Kathleen Freeman (Wakopa Sunshine Harvest Farm)o Members of: Prairie Edge Eco Villageo Kim Shukla (Stonelane Orchard)o Wayne James (Hidden Valley)o Louise and Hugh Blair (Whitemud River Farm)o Brian and Barbara Shewchuko Bruce Berry and Marilyn Firth (Almost Urban Vegetables)o Coral Maloney, Simon Hon, Leigh Anne Parry (Landless Farmers Collective)