Induction Ceremony 2025

The 2025 induction ceremony was held on Sunday, June 8, 2025, at The GrandWay Events Centre in Elora.

In 2025, the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame inducted five individuals who have made an impact on Ontario agriculture and beyond. Their influence spans a diverse range of agricultural pursuits from livestock genetics to soil health and environmental sustainability to labour issues in horticulture, poultry welfare, and bovine veterinary medicine.

Edward Blair (Ted) Burnside, Kenneth Elgin Forth, Donald Wallace Hart, Craig Hunter, and Ken Leslie have been selected by the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame Association as worthy candidates based on their life-long commitments to Ontario’s agriculture.

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