Alberta Young Speakers for Agriculture
Calgary Stampede T2G 2W1 Calgary, AB, Canada

Congratulations to our 2020 Junior Winner Leslie Siewert who spoke on "Lessons learned over the last 25 years of agriculture and how we can apply it to the next 25." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q4b0OZrBwo

Thanks to Alberta Farmer for the profile of our speakers: "Pandemic doesn’t curb passion of young speakers" and congrats to our 2020 winners! https://www.albertafarmexpress.ca//pandemic-doesnt-curb-p/

Congratulations to Tia Schram, our 2020 AYSA Senior winner, on "lessons learned over the past 25 years in agriculture" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0JmnN2q27A

On behalf of the Alberta Young Speakers for Agriculture competition, we want to thank our competitors sincerely for contributing their videos to our competition. We had some tremendous speeches submitted which clearly shows their passion for agriculture and the many issues they spoke about. In the words of our judges: Public speaking is the #1 fear in the world and you have conquered it. This increases your employment capability and leadership contributions to wherever you go... in life. This skill is one of the most important you will ever develop and you will benefit from it more than you can possibly realize. Keep at it, keep getting your point across and keep having your awesome voice heard! With that in mind, we are proud to announce the winners of our AYSA 2020 competition: Senior 1. Tia Schram, Bruderheim, Alberta - Lessons learned over the last 25 years of agriculture and how we can apply it to the next 25. 2. Claire Meier, Calgary, Alberta - Should the agriculture industry fund and support opportunities for youth development? Junior 1. Leslie Siewert, Cayley, Alberta - Lessons learned over the last 25 years of agriculture and how we can apply it to the next 25 2. Austin Noirot, Caroline, Alberta - Should the agriculture industry fund and support opportunities for youth development? 3. Aksha Burande, Calgary, Alberta - Aquaculture: The challenges and solutions of developing, funding and marketing an emerging food source Congrats to all of our winners!

AYSA President, Chancey Lane, announces the winners of the 2020 AYSA public speaking competition.

Want to win up to $1000 and share your passion for agriculture with an interested audience? AYSA 2020 is going DIGITAL! Enter the competition and your VIDEO submission is due by August 15, 2020: https://www.albertayoungspeakers.com/enter-the-competition