Monroe County Farm Bureau received seven Silver Key Awards at the New York Farm Bureau State Annual Meeting, held in Syracuse, in early December.
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:
•Local Policy Development & Implementation
•State & National Policy Development & Implementation
•Agriculture Education & Promotion
•Membership
•Information & Public Relations
•Young Farmers
•Leadership Development
While at the state 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 2014. They also heard from a number of state leaders including State Senator John DeFranciso, Assembly Agriculture Committee Chair Bill Magee and Dean Kathryn Boor of Cornell CALS.
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