Paul Beingessner Award
Annual winners of the Paul Beingessner award for writing about farms and agriculture.
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2015
2014 Winner
Seeds: Sustenance and Sustainability —by Alana Krug‐MacLeod, Age 17, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan While seeds’ value is dispersed around the world in virtually every single biome and niche, whether disturbed or at
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2013 Winner
My summer ended with a journey to a permaculture convergence near Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. There I was introduced to some innovative approaches to agriculture and to the people who do it.
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2012 Winners
Our modern lifestyles demand more rights and freedom of speech. In Canada specifically, we repeatedly hear about our rights as citizens to have the freedom of speech and the right to make decisions. Democracy is built on the foundation that everybody has the right to represent their idea in government.
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2011 Winner
We all need a place to live. We also need food to eat. Maybe our food supply is not as much of a concern because we import so much from other nations or maybe we just like to think that if we ignore the issue it will go away.
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2010 Winner
Importance of Family Farms in Canada By Kathleen Skinner When my geography teacher posed a question along the lines of “why should we work to preserve our local farms when
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