Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Nominations

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Taylor in Beginning Farmers, Farming Resources // 0 Comments

Seeking Nominations for the 2019 John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize – deadline is Jan. 20th

Family Farm Defenders is seeking nominations for the 2019 John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize. This prize is named in honor of John Kinsman, founder and longtime president of Family Farm Defenders, an early pioneer of the organic movement and global champion of food sovereignty.

To be considered for the Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize, nominees must meet the following criteria:

Engaged in own farm for less than 5 years

Small scale livestock and/or vegetable and/or fruit production

Market products locally

Practice sustainable management of natural resources

Promote healthy soil

Conserve biodiversity

Support food sovereignty principles

Previous John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize winners include in 2011: Lindsey Morris Carpenter of Grassroots Farm, near Monroe, WI, and Daniel and Hannah Miller of Easy Yoke Farm near Millville MN; in 2012: Nancy and Jeff Kirstein, Good Earth Farm, Lennox SD and Tracy and Dick Vinz, Olden Produce, Ripon, WI; in 2014: Blain Snipstal of Five Seeds Farm near Sparks, MD and Jed Schenkier and Will Pool of Loud Grade Produce Squad in Chicago, IL; in 2015: Carsten Thomas from Moorhead, MN and Emmet Fisher and Cella Langer with Oxheart Farm near Mt. Horeb, WI; in 2016: Donald (Jahi) Ellis from Vidalia, GA and Polly Dalton and Oren Jakobson with Field Notes Farm near Custer, WI, in 2017 Eduardo Rivera of Sin Fronteras Farm neaer Stillwater, MN; and in 2018 Tommy and Samantha Enright of Black Rabbit Farm near Amherst, WI and Craig and Lauren Kreutzel of Meadowlark Farm near Wonewoc, WI.

Please send the name and contact information of prize nominee(s) by Mon. Jan. 21st to: familyfarmdefenders@yahoo.com

Nominees will then be sent an application which will be reviewed by FFD board members with the winner(s) being recognized at our annual FFD award dinner and receiving a $2000 cash award.

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