A Chatham-Kent farmer has been honoured by an agricultural industry award as Agrimarketer of the year.
Steve Denys is vice president of sales and marketing for Pride Seeds.
The award from the Canadian Agri-Marketing Association had him competing with marketers across all agri-business sectors.
Denys believes it is important to speak out for agriculture.
"As farmers we really need to be proud of what we do and how we are doing it and the fact we produce the safest food supply in the world," he says. "The challenge we've got and the challenge that I've been involved with quite a bit the last few years is to communicate to those that aren't involved in agriculture the importance of our industry."
Denys says he tries to ensure people know they need to consider the science of food production and why farmers do what they do.
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Steve Denys is vice-president of sales and marketing for Pride Seeds - but was competing against entries from across the agri-marketing sectors.
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He thinks he got the award for speaking out on behalf of agriculture.
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Denys believes it's important to speak on behalf of agriculture.
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