Camrose MLA Jackie Lovely, along with Susan Lacombe, Programming Coordinator with Alberta Agriculture, made some special presentations last Thursday, Feb. 8, handing out or recognizing families in the Beaver County, Camrose County and Flagstaff County who had achieved a century, or more in many cases, on the family farm.
The Donald Gibson family from Beaver County had received their plaque previously, but was officially honoured with the Alberta Century Farm and Ranch Award recognizing the Donald Leonard Gibson family for 100 plus years of farming on the original Owen Gibson farmland, established in 1916, during Thursday’s event in Camrose.
Lacombe, who has been administering the Alberta Century Farm and Ranch Award since 2017, explained the process she goes through documenting the award, saying, “Most people apply for the award themselves, but I have to prove it.”
She explained that the approval/proof process moved over to her department around 2017.
“It is a real privilege for me to look into your family’s genealogy – thank you for that.”
