Award Qualifications:
Lifetime Service to Agriculture
This person should have served Maricopa County agriculture for several years, been active in many fields and made many contributions to our industry.
Environmental Award
This award is designed to recognize achievements of farmers, ranchers, rural businesses and universities in the areas of environmental stewardship. The program is established in an effort to provide recognition for outstanding environmental achievements in agriculture.
Farmer, Rancher, or Agribusiness of the Year
We present this award as a means of highlighting an innovative, trend-setting or volunteer activist farmer, rancher, dairyman, nursery grower, livestock feeder or other agricultural producer. This should be an activity the nominee has done over the last one to three (1-3) years.
Lifetime Service to Farm Bureau
This award is given to highlight longstanding service to agriculture and significant contributions to their County Farm Bureaus. Consideration is also given to recipient(s) who may be less active in the future due to age or the relocation of their business. The award will be given to an individual or family.
Communicator of the Year
This program is to recognize outstanding agricultural journalism in Maricopa County. With a myriad of journalism outlets we recognize anyone from traditional media as well as social media communicators. They should be passionate about telling agriculture's story accurately and informatively.
Educator of the Year
This award is to recognize outstanding work in the agriculture education space. Qualifying persons/programs will host educational events focusing on the importance of agriculture and showcasing our industry to consumer audiences.
