Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan announced today at the annual Cultivating Trust Conference in Saskatoon that the winner of the 2023 Champion Award is Shawn Colborn.
Each year, the Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan Champion Award recognizes a recipient who has engaged consumers about agriculture and worked to build public trust in farming and food in our province and beyond.
Shawn Colborn farms with his cousins on their fifth-generation farm near Delisle that encompasses 12,000 acres of grainland, a 700-head Red Angus/Charolais cow-calf enterprise, and a 40,000-layer poultry operation.
Colborn attended the University of Saskatchewan and worked in the crop inputs sector before rejoining the family farm in 2011. He has served as Chair for Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan and a director on the Board of the Saskatchewan Egg Producers. He also helped initiate Delisle Crops for Community, which raised over $300,000 by growing crops on town-owned land and donating the proceeds back to the community to help improve recreation facilities. Colborn is also very involved in Saskatchewan youth softball as a coach for his daughters.
Colborn is committed to answering consumer questions about agriculture. He has participated in several video projects with Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Egg Producers, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and the World Farmers Organization. He also frequently welcomes guests to his farm to see first-hand how food is grown.
“Why open the gate to our farms? Because it’s important. We don’t want to have misinformation dictate how we farm,” Shawn Colborn said in a Farm & Food Care video. “It’s ultra-important for us to reach out to consumers so that they can continue to believe in the safety of Canadian food that has come from Canadian farms.”
“Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan is proud to award Shawn Colborn as our Champion for 2023,” said Clinton Monchuk, Executive Director. “Shawn and his family have given tirelessly of their time and hospitality over the years to help consumers have a better understanding of farming. It’s wonderful to recognize this commitment to building trust in our industry.”
If you have questions, please contact Clinton Monchuk, Executive Director at:
306-341-4750 or clinton@farmfoodcaresk.org.