The 2019 Rural Urban Award will be handed out in Chatham tonight.
This year’s class of inductees includes Blake Vince who is getting the nod as Agriculture Innovator of the Year.
The 2019 Friend of Agriculture is Margaret Nauta, Matthew Sterling will receive the 4-H Member of the Year honours, and Jennen Strawberry Farm is the Business Ag Innovator of the year.
Also getting an award is Reinout von Martels as the Agriculturist of the Year.
The event, put on by the Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce, goes at the John D. Bradley Centre. A social reception begins at 6pm with the dinner and ceremony getting underway at 7.
