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Nominations are open for the 2024 NSIA Awards!

We encourage you to celebrate individuals in the industry and/or farms who are doing great work and making a difference!

Nomination Deadline: March 15th!

The NSIA Awards Reception will be held April 24th at the Inn on Prince, following the Annual Meeting – additional information to follow soon!

2024 Member Award – Nomination Form

2024 Outstanding Farm – Nomination Form

NSIA Semi-Annual Meeting Update

The NSIA Semi-Annual Meeting, originally scheduled for November 14, 2023, from 1:30PM-4:00PM at the Inn on Prince in Truro, is being moved online.

This meeting will now occur via Zoom, and consist of a brief NSIA update from President Ross MacNeil, followed by three graduate student presentations of their research. There will be no business meeting held at this session.

The new schedule of the November 14th meeting is as follows:

1:30PM – Welcome and NSIA Update

1:45PM – Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture Student Presentations:

  • Shreemi Prabhakaran
  • Patrick Hennessy
  • Georgia Lewis

**Additional information on student presentations, such as research titles and bios, will follow in the November 10th member communication.

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UPDATE -Invitation to Consultation Sessions

The Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture rescheduled their consultation sessions that were cancelled due to Hurricane Fiona. Before they begin developing programs under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership agreement, they would like to hear from you. On October 24th, 25th and 27th, the department will discuss federal-provincial program supports for agriculture that will begin in 2023.

NSIA Discussed in Local Podcast Episode

Maritime AgCast‘s most recent episode: “NSIA: Professionals in Agriculture” was released November 2, 2021.
Host and P.Ag. Brad McCallum chats with fellow Agrologists, NSIA President Maxine MacLean, Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture, Councilor Caitlin Congdon, Perennia, & member Kamryn Findlay, Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture, discussing their roles as professionals in the industry and value they see as being NSIA members.

Colchester County’s Liz Crouse recognized for significant contributions to agriculture industry

Congratulations Liz on your many accomplishments, including being named the NSIA Distinguished Life Member award for 2021!
Congratulations are also extended to our other 2021 NSIA Award recipients:
– Misty Croney – Distinguished Agrologist
– Angela Gourd – Outstanding Young Agrologist, posthumous
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