Monroe County Farm Bureau was presented with eight Silver Key Awards at the New York Farm Bureau State Annual Meeting, held December 9-11 in Rochester.
The Silver Key Awards are presented to county Farm Bureaus that have exhibited excellence in a variety of categories relating to effectiveness in policy implementation, promoting agriculture amongst the public and in classrooms, leadership development, and membership building.
The awards were presented for excellence in the following categories: Membership, Agricultural Education & Promotion, Information & Public Relations, Leadership Development, Policy Development & Implementation on the local level, Policy Development & Implementation on the state and national level, Young Farmer, Distinguished President.
While at the State Annual Meeting, farmer members also took part in the grassroots process of laying the groundwork for the year ahead. More than 100 delegates from across New York proposed, discussed and voted on resolutions that set NYFB’s public policy agenda for 2015.
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