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The best and brightest agricultural journalists, broadcasters, communicators and photographers were honoured at the 2016 Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF) Awards Banquet, held during October in conjunction with CFWF’s annual conference.

Gold, silver and bronze awards were presented in 14 categories at the banquet held at the Delta Hotels Bessborough.

Winning entries in the website category included:

Winning entries in the website category included:

GOLD: CropLife, www.tablefortwenty.org

SILVER: Canadian Bio-Systems Inc., www.canadianbio.com

BRONZE: Real Agriculture, www.realagriculture.com

'Content is king'

“In a world where ‘content is king’ our commitment to strong, ongoing communication with customers and industry has never been a more important part of Canadian Bio-Systems,” says Krisjan Jones of Canadian Bio-Systems Inc.

“Our website is an important anchor to our overall effort and we are very pleased to earn this award. Special thanks to our partners who have contributed to the content and design of our website -- sermo.farm and Morweb CMS. Congratulations to all the award winners in all categories.”

Winners were chosen by 27 judges from across Canada and the United States. These judges included journalists, professors, farmers and communicators from different media and publications, and a mix of agricultural and non-agricultural backgrounds.

CFWF (www.cfwf.ca) represents almost 350 English-­ speaking agricultural journalists, broadcasters and communicators from across Canada through six regional associations in Atlantic Canada, Eastern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.