Farm Foundation Awards

Farm Foundation Awards Programs

Celebrating significant achievements in the agriculture and food sector.

Nomination Form

To celebrate 90 years of accelerating people and ideas, Farm Foundation is pleased to launch an annual awards program recognizing those who exemplify our mission and values.

Nomination materials are due by March 31. 

Lifetime Achievement Awards

The Farm Foundation Innovator of the Year Award 300x300

R.J. Hildreth Public Policy Award  In the mid-1990s, Farm Foundation began awarding the R.J. Hildreth Award for Career Achievement in Public Policy, an award currently open to those in the field of public policy, through government service, as educators, or those researching agricultural policy.

The Farm Foundation Transformational Leadership Award 300x300

The Farm Foundation Transformational Leadership Award This lifetime achievement award honors an individual who has demonstrated innovative and transformational leadership in food and agriculture.

Innovator Awards

The Farm Foundation Innovator of the Year Award 300x300

The Farm Foundation Innovator of the Year Award The focus of this award is to recognize those change makers that are an integral part to solving some of the most influential challenges we face today in the agriculture and food industries.

The Farm Foundation Emerging Leader Award 300x300

The Farm Foundation Emerging Leader Award This award recognizes an emerging young leader who is on the trajectory to make transformational change within the agriculture and food sectors.

Nomination Requirements
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The awards are open to any candidate involved in the agriculture and food industries. Anyone may submit a nomination, including a self-nomination. Recommendations are also welcome from the Farm Foundation Round Table Fellows and board. Please see individual award pages for required nomination materials. We will follow up with all nominators and nominees as the review and selection process takes place in April.

2023 Awards Timeline
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March 31, 2023 – Nominations window closes/All materials due
May 2023 – Award recipients and finalists are announced
June 15, 2023 – Awards presented at the Farm Foundation 90th Anniversary Gala