The 2014 Paul Mistele Memorial Award was presented to Egg Farmers of Ontario by the Ontario Association of Food Banks at the Farm & Food Care Foundation’s Ontario Harvest Gala on October 30. Shown here (from left) are Foundation Vice Chairman Ian McKillop; Egg Farmers of Ontario Chairman Scott Graham; Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Jeff Leal and Amanda King, Manager of Membership and Communications for the OAFB.The 2014 Paul Mistele Memorial Award was presented to Egg Farmers of Ontario by the Ontario Association of Food Banks at the Farm & Food Care Foundation’s Ontario Harvest Gala on October 30. Shown here (from left) are Foundation Vice Chairman Ian McKillop; Egg Farmers of Ontario Chairman Scott Graham; Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Jeff Leal and Amanda King, Manager of Membership and Communications for the OAFB.
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Agriculture

Ending Hunger Award For Egg Farmers

By Ray Baynton
November 4, 2014 - 1:41pm

Egg Farmers of Ontario is the winner of the 2014 Paul Mistele Memorial Award.

The Award recognizes agricultural partners who have shown a significant and enduring commitment to ending hunger in Ontario.

It's awarded by the Ontario Association of Foodbanks.

The provincial egg farmers group is being recognised for it's commitment to donate the equivalent of 12 thousand dozen eggs every month to the Ontario Association of Food Banks.

That amounts to 144 thousand dozen eggs over a year.

Past recipients of the Paul Mistele Memorial Award include the Ontario Dairy Council, Nature Fresh Farms in Leamington and Ontario Pork.

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