Recipients and finalists of the 2023 Farm Foundation Awards have been selected. Awards will be presented at Farm Foundation's 90th Anniversary Gala in Chicago on June 15.

Round Table Honorary Life Fellow Joe Outlaw, Regents Fellow, Professor, and Extension Economist, Texas A&M

John Foraker, Co-Founder and CEO, Once Upon a Farm

Emily Metz, President and CEO, American Egg Board

The Farm Foundation Innovator of the Year Award 2023 Finalists

Recipient will be announced live at the Farm Foundation 90th Anniversary Gala.

Learn more about the recipients and finalists on the individual award pages.

Farm Foundation is celebrating 90 years of accelerating practical solutions for agriculture. As part of our year-long celebration, we invited some very special folks in the extended Farm Foundation family to share a little about why they've remained engaged in our work over the years. Check out their videos!

Join in with industry leaders from all sectors of the food and ag world at The Drake in Chicago on June 15 to celebrate at the Farm Foundation 90th Anniversary Gala. The evening will feature the Farm Foundation Awards for innovation and lifetime achievement, plus a silent and live auction to benefit Farm Foundation and Next Generation programs.

Please note the VIP reception has sold out, but you may still buy a table as an upgrade option.

Contact us to discuss partnership opportunities to further scale our Next Generation programs to provide even greater support and more opportunities to our outstanding program participants.

The Friends of Farm Foundation program continues to grow, and participants are enjoying new opportunities to gather and learn together. A virtual coffee chat on April 10 welcomed new Friends into the program. On May 10, Friends joined in a networking session with participants in our Next Generation programs.

Visit our website to explore all the benefits of becoming a Friend of Farm Foundation.

Farm Foundation organizes project work on four strategic priorities: conservation and sustainability, digital agriculture, farmer health, and market development and access.

The “Agricultural Productivity Growth: Measurement, Drivers, and Climatic Effects” workshop, held March 2023 at Virginia Tech's Innovation Campus. The two-day workshop was hosted by ERS in tandem with Virginia Tech's Global Agricultural Productivity (GAP) Initiative and Farm Foundation. The event gathered agricultural economists to share ideas and research on global agricultural productivity. Read the post-event report.

In May 2023, Farm Foundation was honored to be part of a U.S. delegation to Brussels for a series of meetings and tours aiming to create insight around packaging and packaging waste in food and agriculture. As part of the proceedings, Farm Foundation participated in a productive dialogue with members of European Parliament about the potential impact of the EU’s proposed Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation, which if enacted has implications for farmers and producers in the United States. Read more.

In April 2023, Farm Foundation President and CEO Shari Rogge-Fidler celebrated the recent launch of the Global Forum on Farm Policy and Innovation (GFFPI) at the Forum for the Future of Agriculture Conference in Brussels. The members of GFFPI attended a luncheon that was hosted by Martin Hlaváček MEP to hear from some global stakeholders about the challenges and opportunities in trade relations and how the collaboration may be able to help address them.

GFFPI is an initiative of four leading independent agricultural organizations, including Farm Foundation, Australian Farm Institute, Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, and Forum for the Future of Agriculture. The organizations are looking for ways to engage additional global voices and to connect their individual organizational activities associated with one of the key global drivers of sustainable agriculture. Going forward, the partners will also seek to work with similar like-minded organizations around the world.

Farm Foundation recently welcomed two new team members! Visit our staff page to learn more about Katie Merkle, programs and events specialist, and Liz Wilkin, administrative associate.