NCFC Cooperative Information Fair

Welcome to the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives 66th Cooperative Information Fair

Congratulations to all the winner!  To see a full list of this years Information Fair winners, click here.

Best in Show 2011
Tennessee Farmers Cooperative
“Tennessee Cooperator,” Class 5—Membership Newspaper

Tennessee Farmers Cooperative won this year’s Best in Show prize for their membership publication, The Tennessee Cooperator.

In her comments nominating the entry for the prize, the judge said, “the overall content does an outstanding job of making this newspaper ‘personal’ for its members, while providing information of value to the wider readership, and even non-members. This publication is well designed, with engaging content and high quality writing and editing.”

Chairman’s Prize 2011
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
“World Food Prize Social Media Campaign,” Class 34—Social Media

Land O’Lakes won this year’s Chairman’s Prize, an award that recognizes the Information Fair entry that best illustrates the underlying themes of NCFC’s Farmer Co-ops: Providing for America campaign. They won for their entry in the Social Media class, which was their campaign around the Land O’Lakes World Food Prize.

The campaign was designed to generate interest around a panel at the World Food Prize co-sponsored by Land O’Lakes, Women Thrive, and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

In his comments on the entry, the judge said, “this [campaign] represents an exquisite design marked by inventive skill and imagination…it reflects creativity and an excellent communications effort.”