OMAFRA's Apple Specialist has received the Chemtura Golden Apple Award.
Ontario Apple Growers Chair Charles Stevens says Leslie Huffman has shown extraordinary committment and dedication to the advancement of Ontario's apple industry throughout her career.
Huffman started with OMAFRA in 1981 as a Fruit and Vegetable Extension Horticulturist for Kent and Essex counties.
She became the Ministry's Weed Management Specialist for Horticultural Crops in 1996.
She's been the provincial Apple Specialist since 2008.
Huffman is co-editor of 'Hort Matters' and editor of the 'Ontario Orchard Network Newsletter'.
She and her husband operate a fruit farm near Harrow with their four daughters.
