A growing number of women are being selected to enter the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame in Saskatoon.

One of this year’s inductees is Dorothy Long from Lloydminster. Dorothy is the Communications Director with Farm and Food Saskatchewan. She works to connect urban consumers with those who produce the food.

Dorothy is a lifelong champion of Canadian food and farming, As a Saskatchewan farm girl turned home economist, she has worked for almost 30 years to promote Canadian-grown foods and the industry that produces them.

Dorothy has developed and collaborated on a bounty of marketing strategies including CanolaInfo, Cuisine Canada, Growing Saskatchewan, HealthFlax, Spread the Mustard and Pick Pork. She is passionate about informing and inspiring consumers, food media, writers, chefs and dieticians from around the world about Canadian food, farmers and agriculture.

Long also spearheads the Canadian Food Focus project, a consumer friendly website and marketing strategy that has received number awards.

Long will be joined by four others in the Class of 2023—-John McKinnon from Saskatoon, Bill Huber from Lipton, Laurie Tollefson of Outlook and Kevin Hursh of Saskatoon.

The induction ceremony will be held on April 15th.