[Hist_Pres] Century Farm & Ranch Program Seeks Applicants

[David Bogan]

OregonCentury Farm & Ranch Program Seeks OregonFamilies Who Worked Land
for at Least 100 Years 
 
Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 award year of the
Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program, a statewide recognition program
honoring farmers and ranchers who have worked the same land for at least
100 years. Applications are also available for the Sesquicentennial
Award, introduced by the program in 2008, honoring families with farms
or ranches continuously worked for 150 years or more. To date, 1,117
families have formally received the Century designation and 22 families
have received the Sesquicentennial Award.
 
Celebrating its 53rd year, the program is administered through the
Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation (OAEF) in Salem and is
partially funded by the Oregon Farm Bureau, the State Historic
Preservation Office (Department of Parks & Recreation), the Oregon
Department of Agriculture, the Oregon Travel Information Council,
various county farm bureaus, agriculture-based organizations and
individuals.
 
Family farmers and ranchers throughout Oregon are encouraged to apply
for the Century Award and/or the Sesquicentennial Award by the June 1,
2011 deadline. Successful applicants receive a personalized certificate
with acknowledgment by the Governor and the director of the Oregon
Department of Agriculture. A durable metal road side sign to identify
the family’s farm or ranch as having historic Century or
Sesquicentennial status is also available.  Each family will be honored
during a special ceremony and reception at the Oregon State Fair
September 3, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.
 
For more information on the program or to obtain application guidelines
for either award, please visit www.oregonfb.org (
http://www.oregonfb.org/ )or contact Sharon Leighty, Oregon Century
Farm & Ranch Program Coordinator at 503-400-7884 or cfr at oregonfb.org.  
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