Slette Family named County of Grande Prairie Farm Family of the Year
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The Eugene and Ruth Slette Family from La Glace has been picked as the 2018 Farm Family of the Year by the County of Grande Prairie.
The family has been farming and ranching in the area since 1914, raising Hereford cattle and grain.
“Farming is rewarding in so many ways: the sheer joy of witnessing cattle being born, and raising and selling them, watching a crop grow, and knowing all your efforts are benefitting so many people inside and outside of the community. You also meet so many great people with shared values and work ethic to build the community with,” says Eugene Slette in a release sent out by the County of Grande Prairie.
The whole family has also been involved in many agribusiness and community groups, the La Glace Fair Board, Dawson Creek Cattle Association, Peace Country Classic, Dawson Creek Bull Sales, Peace River Hereford Association, La Glace Agricultural Society, Sexsmith Band Parents Committee, La Glace School Council, La Glace curling rink and playground, and 4-H among them.
