Farm &Food Care is launching a nation-wide farm photo contest with $4,000 in cash prizes available for winners in six categories.
Winning photos will be used in the 2017 edition of ‘The Real Dirt on Farming’, a publication that answers common questions about food and farming practices in Canada. View the 2014 edition at www.RealDirtonFarming.org.
CATEGORIES:Canadian Farm Scenes - Capture the beauty of Canada’s rural landscape;
Farm Faces - Unique farm family photos, farm friends or farmers at work;
All about Animals - Farm animals in the barn or field;
Farm Innovation - Technology at work on Canadian farms;
Crazy about Crops -Crops being grown in fields, orchards or greenhouses;
Farm Fun - Be creative! We want photos of people having fun while farming;
PRIZES $350 first prize in each category, $200 second prize in each category, $100 third prize in each category * Non-winning entries used in The Real Dirt on Farming booklet will receive $50 per photo.
ELIGIBILITY All entries must be photographs taken in Canada. Entrants must be Canadian residents and own the rights to the photos they submit.
ENTRIES Entries are to be digital photographs and submitted electronically as jpeg files to contests@farmfoodcare.org (Emails must be no more than 10 MB). Individuals may win in multiple categories. Limit of two entries per category. Include contact information, full name; phone number; email address; province where the photo was taken; category to be entered in. All entries must be received by email by end of day on July 14, 2017. For more information contact 519-837-1326 ext. 245 or email contest@farmfoodcare.org