Indiana's River Friendly Farmer Award Program
Since
1999, key conservation and agricultural organizations have sponsored the River Friendly
Farmer (RFF) Program. The statewide initiative recognizes farmers,
who through good production management practices helps keep Indiana’s
rivers, lakes and streams clean.
2012 River Friendly Farmer Award recipients will be honored on Wednesday, August 15, at a 1 p.m. ceremony at the at the Indiana State Fair (4-H Exhibit Hall Auditorium, 2nd floor). This is Farmers' Day at the Indiana State Fair.
Annually, each county Soil and Water Conservation District may nominate up to two farmers who do an outstanding job of protecting their rivers, lakes and streams through their every day conservation management practices on the farm. >> Click here to receive an application. Watershed organizations also may nominate farmers for the award by submitting an application to a county SWCD.
Click here for the River Friendly Farmer brochure >>
>>Click here for a high resolution copy of this photo.
- >> Click here for the news release on the 2011 River Friendly Farmer recipients including short bios on each winner. Links to high resolution photos of those present for the Aug. 17 ceremony are available >> here.
Other RFF Resources
River Friendly Farmer Award Program sponsors:
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Left: 2011 River Friendly Farmer Award recipients pose on stage after the ceremony on August 18 with representatives of the Indiana Conservation Partnership on the floor. They are (from the left): Jerod Chew, Indiana State Department of Agriculture Division of Soil Conservation director; Dave Russell, Brownfield Radio Network; Ray McCormick, President, Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts; NRCS State Conservationist Jane Hardisty; River Friendly Farmer recipients; then on the left of the RFF sign, Lt. Governor Becky Skillman, Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development; and on the right, Don Villwock, President, Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc.; and far right is Jennifer Boyle Warner, Executive Director, Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (IASWCD).
