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Matt and Kate Lambert of Laclede Receive
2017 Missouri Leopold Conservation Award®
Matt and Kate Lambert were named the inaugural recipients of the Missouri Leopold
Conservation Award.® The award honors Missouri farmers' achievement in voluntary
stewardship and natural resources management. The Lamberts and their sons Mace
and Meyer operate Uptown Farms near Laclede.
Photo by Laurie Link
Missouri Farmers Care Chairman Dr. Alan Wessler (left) and Sand County
Foundation National Director for the Leopold Conservation Award Program Lance
Irving (right) announced Matt and Kate Lambert of Uptown Farms as the first
winners of the Missouri Leopold Conservation Award November 8 at the National
Association of Farm Broadcasters Annual Meeting in Kansas City.
Photo by Missouri Farmers Care
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Sand County Foundation, in
partnership with Mis