Local Diamond Willow collaborative scored a Premier's Award for its organic ground beef earlier this July.
Representatives from the seven-ranch consortium travelled to Edmonton to receive the Alberta Food for Health Award and lunch with Premier Ed Stelmach at Government House on July 6.
The local organic beef producers won in the Healthy Alberta Food Sold Through a Retail Outlet category.
Diamond Willow received recognition, a glass trophy and a crispy $10,000 cheque for the efforts.
About 90 groups competed to qualify in one of five available categories of the Alberta Premier's, newly established Alberta Food for Health Awards. Rosemary-based Spragg's Meat Shop, Calgary's Prairie Mill Bread Company and University of Alberta's Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science won in three other categories, with no one earning the fifth category.
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