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Past NAFDMA Award Recipients
NAFDMA Benefits
Year refers to the conference year during which the awards was presented.
NAFDMA Hall of Fame
2000 Wayne Wickerham, Wickerham Produce, Huntsville, OH
2001 Earl Tywater, Earl’s Fruit Stand, Franklin, TN
2002 Gordy & Dorothy Kopischke, Vernon Center, MN
2003 Larry Yager, Gettysburg, PA
2004 Nita Gizdich, Gizdich Ranch, Watsonville, CA
2005 Jim Bell, Blacksburgh, VA
2006 Karen Watt, Watt Farms County Market, Albion, NY
2007 Brent Warner, BC Ministry of Agriculture (ret.), Vancouver, BC
2008 Jane Eckert, Eckert AgriMarketing, St. Louis, MO
2009 Tim & Jan Vala, Vala’s Pumpkin Patch, Gretna, NE
2010 Doug Hennigar, Henniger’s Farm Market,Wolfsville, NS and Charlie Touchette, White Loaf Ridge Mgmt Co, Southampton, MA
2011 Richard & Marilyn Tanner, Tanners Orchard, Speer, IL
Outstanding Leadership
1999 Larry Yager, Penn St. University Extension, Gettysburg, PA
2000 Brent Warner, BC Ministry of Agriculture (ret.), Vancouver, BC
2001 Matt McCallum, Great Lakes Publishing, Sparta, MI
2002 Karen Watt, Watt Farms, Albion, NY and Doug Hennigar, Henniger’s Farm Market, Wolfsville, NS
2003 Rick Breeden, Brans Nut Co, Wauconda, IL
2004 Bob & Donna Cobbledick, Grimsby, ON
2005 Jane Eckert, Eckert AgriMarketing,St. Louis, MO
2006 Rob Leeds, Ohio State University Extension, Delaware, OH
2007 Kerry Engel, Alberta Agriculture & Food, Edmonton, AB
2008 Randii MacNear, Davis Farmers’ Market, Davis, CA
2009 Anne Holcomb, Apple Annie’s Orchard, Willcox, AZ
2010 Mark Saunders, Saunders Farm, Munster, ON and Debbie Pifer, White House Fruit Farm, Canfield, OH
2011 Anne Holcomb, Apple Annie’s Orchard, Willcox, AZ
NAFDMA New Partcipant (established in 2009)
2009 Anna Lyles, Mesilla Valley Maze, Las Cruces, NM
2010 Kelly Paxton, Vala’s Pumpkin Patch, Gretna, NE
2011 Becky Walters, Walters Pumpkin Patch, Burns, KS
Outstanding Farm Marketer (discontinued in 2008)
1999 Hillcrest Orchards, Ellijay, GA
2000 Remilinger Farms, Carnation, WA
2001 Eckerts Country Store, Belleville, IL
2002 Saunders Farm, Munster, ON
2003 Vala’s Pumpkin Patch, Gretna, NE
2004 Tulley’s Farm Market, Crawley, W. Sussex, UK
2005 Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm, Wheatland CA
2006 County Line Orchard, Hobart, IN
2007 Cherry-Crest Farm, Ronks, PA
2008 Weston Red Barn Farm, Weston, MO
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