Browarny, Froebe, Hepworth join Ag Hall of Fame

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Published: June 20, 2014

Walt Browarny, Charles Froebe and Lorne Hepworth have been inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame.

Based in Calgary, Browarny was an international livestock photographer who changed the way animals were posed and presented. Born in 1935, he died in August 2011 and left a legacy of more than two million images of cattle on the range and at livestock shows across North America. He was also the official photographer for the Calgary Zoo.

Charles Froebe was among the first farmers in Canada to grow canola. He farmed in Manitoba and led the creation of Canada’s national canola association. He was the first general manager of the Canadian Canola Growers Association and led important advances to Canada’s canola industry at provincial and national levels.  Froebe lives in Carman, Man.

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Lorne Hepworth began as a veterinarian in rural Saskatchewan before moving into provincial politics, which included cabinet posts in agriculture, education, energy and finance. He was a strong advocate for science and technology to build a more progressive Canadian agriculture industry.

He later became president of CropLife Canada and promoted plant sciences. He lives in London, Ont.

The three men will be formally inducted into the national Hall of Fame at a ceremony Nov. 9 at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto.

About the author

Barbara Duckworth

Barbara Duckworth

Barbara Duckworth has covered many livestock shows and conferences across the continent since 1988. Duckworth had graduated from Lethbridge College’s journalism program in 1974, later earning a degree in communications from the University of Calgary. Duckworth won many awards from the Canadian Farm Writers Association, American Agricultural Editors Association, the North American Agricultural Journalists and the International Agriculture Journalists Association.

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