All-America Selections honors industry achievers

The first award given that evening was the prestigious AAS Medallion of Honor, an award designed to recognize someone with a lifelong dedication to advancement in the field of horticulture. All-America Selections is especially honored to announce Joel Goldsmith, of Goldsmith Seeds as the recipient of the 2013 AAS Medallion of Honor. Joel’s family founded Goldsmith Seeds in 1962 and Joel took over as President in 1989. In the history of Goldsmith Seeds, they have won an impressive twenty-two AAS Winner awards for their innovative flower breeding. Joel started serving on the AAS Board of Directors in 1989 then quickly moved to Treasurer, Vice President, then President in 1993 when he established the stand alone event now known as the AAS Summer Summit.

Goldsmith

Established in 2004, the AAS Breeders Cup Award was designed to recognize a person who dramatically influenced horticulture by breeding new cultivars that brought significant improvement to those classes. All-America Selections is very proud to announce that the 2013 Breeders Cup Award recipient is Robert L. Johnston, Jr. Rob is the Founder and Chairman of Johnny’s Selected Seeds where he has bred award winning vegetables for an impressive 40 years. Rob also served on the AAS Board of Directors from 2001 – 2010, the last four years as President and Past President. To recognize his significant breeding accomplishments that include AAS Vegetable Award Winners Pumpkin ‘Baby Bear,’ Squash ‘Bonbon,’ Pepper ‘Carmen,’ and Tomato ‘Jasper,’ All-America Selections Board of Directors chose Rob Johnston to be honored with the Breeders’ Cup Trophy.

 

Johnston