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Premier's Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence

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2008 / 2007 / 2006

Premier's Award Winner - William Nightingale

William Nightingale, of B & C Nightingale Farms (LaSalatte), is the recipient of the Premier's Award of $100,000. He was recognized for his work in improving Ontario's fresh vegetable yields by pioneering the use of high tunnels over vegetable field crops.

Premier's Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence - 2007 awards: (pictured left to right): Leona Dombrowsky, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; Carmina Halstead and Billy Nightingale, with their parents, Bill and Caroline Nightingale (Premier's Award recipients), and Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario.

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