Nominations open for Agricultural Nominees

2025 Winners Kirk Rankin & Carl Schade were honoured at the Rural Urban Dinner.

ANDY BADER, Stratford Beacon Herald

6 Feb 2026

The Strat­ford Perth Museum’s Agri­cul­tural Wall of Fame is now accept­ing nom­in­a­tions for its 2026 hon­our­ees.

In 2026, the Wall of Fame will mark its 11th anniversary after hav­ing recog­nized 26 indi­vidu­als from Perth County for their remark­able con­tri­bu­tions to agri­cul­ture and farm­ing. The wall’s most recent induct­ees include Kirk Rankin of RBR Fur Farms; Carl Schade; Sandi Brock; Steve Dolson and Dr. Karen Gal­braith; Den­nis Nuhn; Ant­ony John and Tina Vand­en­heuvel; and Bert Vor­sten­bosch, Sr.

The Wall of Fame also hon­ours seven charter mem­bers from Perth County who are also recog­nized in the Ontario Agri­cul­tural Hall of Fame.

To be eli­gible, nom­in­ees must have made sig­ni­fic­ant con­tri­bu­tions to agri­cul­ture in Perth County; be a cur­rent or former res­id­ent of Perth County; and may be nom­in­ated posthum­ously.

Each year, the selec­tion com­mit­tee will name a min­imum of one and a max­imum of three hon­our­ees.

Nom­in­a­tion forms are avail­able on the museum web­site at strat­ford­perth­mu­seum.ca. Com­pleted nom­in­a­tion forms can be sub­mit­ted by email to kelly@strat­ford­perth­mu­seum.ca, or mailed or dropped off to: Strat­ford Perth Museum, 4275 Huron Rd., Strat­ford, Ont., N5A 6S6.

The sub­mis­sion dead­line is Feb. 28.

Sup­port­ing doc­u­ments, includ­ing pho­to­graphs, news­pa­per clip­pings or other media, are wel­come and encour­aged, and must be sub­mit­ted along with the nom­in­a­tion form.

New names will be announced at the Strat­ford Rotary Club’s annual rural-urban din­ner on April 16.

For more inform­a­tion, please visit www.strat­ford­perth­mu­seum. ca or con­tact the museum.