Three men representing diverse farming interests have been named to the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame.
Jack Gorr
Gorr has been involved in grain industry politics, having served as a director of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers and Western Barley Growers Association. He was part of the Gilson task force which resulted in reforms to grain transportation. He also sat on the federal western grain marketing panel to review the Canadian Wheat Board. In 1991 he received the distinguished professional achievement award from the University of Alberta for outstanding service to agriculture. He is a partner in the value-added processing company Agri-Partners and farms near Three Hills.
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Lloyd Lee
Lee has been working in the horticultural industry since 1936. He has developed a number of flowering plants and has worked to improve varieties of apples, saskatoons and chokecherries. His pink flowering Mayday tree, “Ethel” is approved and registered with the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in New York. He is also a founding member of the Vega-Mellowdale Artificial Insemination Association to improve the quality of livestock in the Barrhead area. He has crossbred poultry to act as natural pest predators in his orchards. In 1991, he and his son and daughter-in-law received the County of Barrhead agricultural service board’s conservation award.
Leonard Friesen
Friesen has been involved in the cattle industry as a livestock buyer, rancher and cattle feeder all his life. He has held office in local, provincial, national and international livestock groups and in 1981 received the premier’s award for his contribution to 4-H and the cattle industry.
