July 17, 2025
By Government of Ontario news release
The Ontario government is opening nominations for the 2025 Excellence in Agriculture Awards, to recognize individuals and organizations in the province’s agri-food industry. These awards honour farmers, food processors, businesses and industry organizations that are driving excellence, sustainability and long-term competitiveness in Ontario’s $51 billion agri-food industry.
“The Excellence in Agriculture Awards provide an opportunity to honour and celebrate our agri-food leaders,” said Trevor Jones, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness. “Ontario’s world-class agri-food leadership and talent are what gives us the edge in a competitive global environment, and we look forward to recognizing their innovation and success.”
This year, the province will recognize agricultural excellence in 12 categories:
- Youth excellence
- Food processing excellence
- Research and innovation excellence
- Northern business excellence
- Workforce excellence
- Women’s excellence
- Education excellence
- Supply chain excellence
- Indigenous, Métis or Inuit-owned business or community excellence
- Promotional excellence
- Farm family excellence
- Urban agriculture excellence
Nominations are being accepted until September 2, 2025. You can submit a self-nomination or nominate another person or a business at ontario.ca/agrifoodinnovation.