Awards
The Foundation celebrates these innovative individuals working in field biology, craft and food.
2025 Awards in Food
BJ Dennis
Chef
Charleston, S.C.
2025 Awards in Food
Dune Lankard
Founder and President, Native Conservancy
Cordova, Alaska
2025 Awards in Food
Imani Black
Founder and CEO, Minorities in Aquaculture
Chesapeake Bay, Md.
2025 Awards in Food
Maria Gonzalez and Rudy Jimenez
Partners, Green Thumb Farms
San Juan Bautista, Calif.
2025 Awards in Food
Raimundo Espinoza
Executive Director, Conservación ConCiencia
San Juan, Puerto Rico
2025 Awards in Food
Valerie Erwin
Chef and Social Activist
Philadelphia, Pa.
2025 Awards in Field Biology
Anusha Shankar
Assistant Professor
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
2025 Awards in Field Biology
Fidisoa Rasambainarivo
Assistant Professor, East Carolina University
Greenville, N.C.
2025 Awards in Field Biology
James Stroud
Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Ga.
2025 Awards in Field Biology
Natalia Llopis Monferrer
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Scholar, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute/Station Biologique de Roscoff
Moss Landing, Calif. and Roscoff, France
2025 Awards in Field Biology
Rachel Malison
Assistant Research Professor, Flathead Lake Biological Station/University of Montana
Polson, Mont.
2025 Awards in Craft
Kevin Aspaas
Weaver
Shiprock, N.M.
2025 Awards in Craft
Neal Thomas
Basket Maker
Wendell, N.C.
2025 Awards in Craft
Robert K. Mills
Visual Artist
Kake, Alaska
2025 Awards in Craft
Teri Greeves
Beadworker
Santa Fe, N.M.
2025 Awards in Craft
Jolie Ngo
Multimedia Artist
Santa Barbara, Calif.
2024 Awards in Food
Ankita Raturi
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Informatics Lab; Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
2024 Awards in Food
Crystal Manuel
Whole Food Educator and Founder / Co-Owner, Cream of the West and Gruff Grains
Havre, Montana
2024 Awards in Food
Femeika Elliott
Founder, The Lotus Program Experience and Rooted East Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
2024 Awards in Food
Kristyn Leach
Farmer and Seed Saver, Second Generation Seeds
Sebastopol, California
2024 Awards in Food
Noel Dakar Dickinson
Breadfruit Institute Coordinator and Small Farmer, Breadfruit Institute at the National Tropical Botanical Garden; Waikahe Farms, LLC
Waimea, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i
2024 Awards in Field Biology
Adriana Corrales
Forest Ecologist
Expeditions Strategy & Planning Lead, Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN)
2024 Awards in Field Biology
Charley Eiseman
Independent Researcher
2024 Awards in Field Biology
Flavia Montaño-Centellas
Community Ecologist
Assistant Professor | Louisiana State University