BC Organic Awards
Nominations for the 2025 BC Organic Awards are now open!
Brad Reid Award
Honours an individual whose passion, leadership, and advocacy have inspired progress and achieved real, positive change in the organic community.
Innovation Award – *New*
Honours an individual whose creative and novel approach has advanced solutions in the organic agriculture sector.
Organic Champion Award – *New *
Honours a person, business, or organization that has demonstrated exemplary support to organic agriculture in BC.
Awards will be presented on Wednesday, November 26, at the 2025 BC Organic Conference.
past Recipients
Brad Reid Award
Honours an individual whose passion, leadership, and advocacy have inspired progress and achieved real, positive change in the organic community.
Past recipients:
- 2023 Robin Tunnicliffe, Heather Stretch and Rachel Fisher (Saanich Organics)
- 2021 Arzeena Hamir
- 2020 DeLisa Lewis
- 2019 Lisa McIntosh
- 2018 Rebecca Kneen
- 2017 Chris Bodnar
- 2016 Annie Moss
- 2015 Heather Pritchard
- 2014 Carmen Wakeling
Bedrock Award
Honours a person (or persons) for their contributions to the foundations of organics.
Past recipients:
- 2023 Ron Schneider and Andrea Turner
- 2021 Mary Alice Johnson and Rod Reid
- 2020 Jon and Sher Alcock
- 2019 Anne Macey and Rochelle Eisen
Founders Award
Until 2013, the Founders Award honoured individuals for their contributions to the founding and growth of the COABC.
Past recipients:
- 2013 Lee McFadyen
- 2012 Robert Hettler
- 2011 Linda Edwards
- 2010 Bill Smith
- 2009 Lee Taylor
- 2008 Brian Hughes
- 2007 Hermann Bruns
- 2006 Susan Davidson
- 2005 Gunta Vitins
- 2004 Cathleen Kneen
- 2003 Paddy Doherty
- 2002 Mary Forstbauer
- 2001 Brian Mennell
- 2000 Harvie Snow
- 1999 Hans Buchler
- 1998 Alfred Reid
