Paul Beingessner Award

2023 Winners

Ellis Hamm has spent the last seven years alternating between small-scale, regenerative agriculture in the summer, and working with people in schools and churches in the winter. They reside in

2022 Winner

Janelle Stolhandske-Dale, has grown up on a grain farm near Swift Current, Saskatchewan.  She is currently in High School at the Swift Current Comprehensive High School.  She is a very busy

2021 Winner (22 – 30)

Meara Kirwin (they/them) is a 25 year old new farmer and experienced organizer living in Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton). They’re honoured to receive this award and will be sharing the prize with

2021 Winner (15 – 21)

Conor T. Soule is 15 year old from Charlie Lake, BC. He is an unschooler that has always been encouraged to follow his passions for what he needs to learn

2020 Winner (22 – 30)

2020 Winner (22-30)

Paul Beingessner Award Essay Competition National Farmers Union By: Rebecca MacInnis (Age 26) It’s no surprise that agriculture, like many things in our colonial nation, was built on the backs

2020 Winner (15 – 21)

Courtney Nell, age 17, lives on a mixed farm near Francis, Saskatchewan. She raises chickens for eggs and helps on the farm in the shop and driving equipment. Courtney plans

2019 Winner

Hope Beneath Our Feet  by Kolby Peterson Like any dying language, the remaining speakers are too often silent, or silenced.  Should we choose to listen, we may hear their fluency

2018 Winner

What will farming look like for young farmers in 30 years? by Cherry Halcovitch It is easy to imagine that the next thirty years will look a lot like the

2017 Winner

To the farmers who are trying to make a living, meanwhile feeding us: There's something these days that's affecting your business, your life, and the world you live in. It's called social license.

2016 Winners

() would like to congratulate Nikaela Lange and Kevin Morin, who were the winners of the Beingessner Award for Excellence in Writing. Nikaela is 18 years old and from Dalmeny,

2015 Winners

The National Farmers Union would like to congratulate Katia Huszka and Stuart Oke, winners of the Beingessner Award for Excellence in Writing for 2015. This year's theme was "Soil: Our Common Ground".

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