The Jersey Canada Youth Committee is pleased to announce two winners of the 2012 Jersey Canada Youth Scholarship. Congratulations go to Annie Grubb, Brigham, Quebec, and to Hiske Renkema, Mount Elgin, Ontario.
Each year Jersey Canada offers two scholarships of $750, which recognize outstanding interest, knowledge and achievement in the Jersey Breed as well as agriculture in general. The 2012 scholarship recipients are very worthy individuals, indeed!
Annie Grubb
Annie Grubb is a student at McGill University, where she is studying Agribusiness and Agrology. Annie explains that she chose this course of study “because it combined both my passion for agriculture and my strength for mathematics.”
Annie was raised on a mixed Holstein and Jersey farm in Brigham, Quebec. She plays an active role in the raising and breeding of the Jersey heifers. Annie enjoys showing Jersey heifers as her 4-H project, and works hard to show her Jerseys at the local achievement day and occasionally at the Quebec 4-H provincial rally.
Annie has served on the Quebec 4-H provincial board of directors, and is a member of the Quebec 4-H financial committee. She has experience as a youth director for the Brome Fair Horticultural Society, and has worked two summers as a student technician at the Club-conseil Gestrie-Sol, and experience which helped to reinforce Annie’s passion for the industry.
Hiske Renkema
Hiske Renkema is a 3rd year student at the University of Guelph, where she will major in Animal Science, and minor in Business Administration. At the University of Guelph, Hiske takes advantage of opportunities to learn about new technologies, meet individuals passionate about the Agriculture Industry, and connect with professors and other industry specialists.
Hiske is involved in many extra-curricular activities, including College Royal Society, Junior Farmers, International Studies, and Orientation Week Volunteer.
Hiske bought her first Jersey heifer in 2008, and now owns five Jerseys under her own prefix: Halfway. After completing her degree in 2014, Hiske plans to fully take over one of her family’s farms.
