Corky Luster, the man behind the Ballard Bee Company, has won the AMD VISIONary of the Year award.
“The VISIONary Award winners, selected from a wide range of candidates in an online, public vote, demonstrate exemplary use of technology to innovate in three popular areas of human passion – entrepreneurship, food and photography,” according to the announcement.
As the winner in the food category, Luster takes home a $20,000 prize. “The award money will go to apiary expansion and am currently looking to opening a retail space for bee keeping supplies and running my apiary business out of,” Luster tells us. (Photo courtesy Dave Schiefelbein)
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Congrats Corky! What an achievement for your company and our pollinators!
good choice and congratulations.