Stewart Skinner (OAC BComm FAB [1] and MSc FARE ’07 [2]) and Jessica Kelly (OAC MSc FARE ’14 [2]) of Imani Farms in Listowel are Ontario’s 2023 Outstanding Young Farmers.
The U of G couple shared their presentation with a packed house at Thatcher Farm’s Barn Swallow Fields events space on August 17.
Ontario’s Outstanding Young Farmer award recognizes farmers who exemplify a passion for the industry, innovation, and community while deriving a minimum of two-thirds of their income from the operation.
Skinner and Kelly run 132 acres of certified organic crops and a pork operation producing approximately 25,000 hogs a year, servicing three customers, one in Quebec and two in the United States.