Adrian Cornelissen and Nathan Schoelier present the Conservationist of the Year Award to Dan, Mike, and Jim Denys.
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority has named their 2022 Conservationist of the Year.
Jim, Dan and Mike Denys of Denys Farms in Parkhill were given this year’s award, for more than 25 years of conservation farming.
The ABCA says the, “family has been an early adopter of practices that sustain and improve soils in their farming operation while also limiting erosion and managing runoff.”
Denys Farms Inc. is a pork and cash crop producer, and has practised no-till farming for more than 25 years.
Ausable Bayfield Conservation has presented the Conservationist of the Year Award for more than 35 years – since 1984.