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Otago Daily Times
17-07-2025
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Century farm entries open
Collecting and securing farming families stories is vital to secure New Zealand's heritage, Century Farm's Eddie Fitzgerald, of Lawrence, says. PHOTO: NICK BROOK The Century Farm and Station Awards committee is ready to receive applications for next year's annual awards. Applications from all New Zealand will be celebrated at the 20th ceremony dinner, in Lawrence in May next year. Keeping a farm in a family across generations, through challenging times for a century or more, was an impressive achievement worthy of recognition and Century Farms set out to capture and preserve this history which might otherwise be lost. Families were invited to compile and send in the story of their farm's history, with copies of photographs and documents for the awards committee to permanently archive at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington and each year a new booklet was produced to summarise and celebrate the families. "Century Farms has collected more than 650 stories since it began 2005," Century Farms chairman Edward Fitzgerald said. "Those stories of resilience, integrity and innovation are worth preserving and re-telling, not just from a farming perspective but for our cultural and social perspective as well."
Otago Daily Times
08-07-2025
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Century Farms ready for new applications
Collecting and securing farming families stories is vital to secure New Zealand's heritage, Century Farm's Eddie Fitzgerald, of Lawrence says. PHOTO: NICK BROOK The Century Farm and Station Awards committee is ready to receive applications for next year's ceremony. Applications from across New Zealand will be celebrated in Lawrence in May 2026. Keeping a farm in a family across generations, through challenging times, for a century or more, is an impressive achievement worthy of recognition. Century Farms sets out to capture and preserve this history which might otherwise be lost. Families are invited to compile and send in the story of their farm's history, with copies of photographs and documents for the awards committee to permanently archive at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington. Each year a new booklet is produced to summarise and celebrate the awarded families. "Century Farms has collected more than 650 stories since it began 2005," Century Farms chair Edward Fitzgerald said. "From breaking the land by hand, horse and modern machinery, farming continues as the backbone of our country's prosperity and reputation through thick and thin. "Those stories of resilience, integrity and innovation are worth preserving and re-telling, not just from a farming perspective but for our cultural and social perspective as well."
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Caledonia farm to be regcognized as Centruy Farm at Minnesota State Fair
CALEDONIA, Min. WLAX/WEUX – Each year, the Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau recognize the state's Century and Sesquicentennial Farms. Century Farm families receive a commemorative sign as well as a certificate signed by Minnesota State Fair and Minnesota Farm Bureau presidents and Governor Tim Walz. Since the program began in 1976, more than 11,000 Minnesota farms have been recognized as Century Farms. The State Fair announced that they will be honoring 77 Century Farms. This year's honorees represent farms in 38 of Minnesota's 87 counties, including 4 farms in 3 counties right here, in Fox 25/48-land; Luhmann Farms in Olmstead County, Koliha Farms and Duxbury/Jones Farms in Filmore County, and, most closely, Gavin Farms LLC in Caledonia that was founded in 1868. Be at least 100 years old according to authentic land records Be in continuous family ownership for at least 100 years Be at least 50 acres in size and currently be involved in agricultural production. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
