Awards
The Foundation celebrates these innovative individuals working in field biology, craft and food.
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
2024 Awards in Field Biology
Timothy J. Colston
Evolutionary Biologist
Associate Professor in Biology Department & Director of Genomic Resources Collection, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
2024 Awards in Field Biology
Zhengyang Wang
Conservation Biologist
Assistant Professor | Sichuan University
2024 Awards in Craft
Cristina Córdova
Ceramic Sculptor
Penland, NC
2024 Awards in Craft
Ibrahim Said
Ceramicist
Greensboro, NC
2024 Awards in Craft
Nisha Bansil
Glass Sculptor
New York, NY
2024 Awards in Craft
Raul De Lara
Sculptor
New York, NY
2024 Awards in Craft
Thea Alvin
Stone Sculptor & Stained Glass
Morrisville, VT
2023 Awards in Field Biology
Agnes Dellinger
Evolutionary Ecologist
Assistant Professor, University of Vienna
2023 Awards in Field Biology
Astrid Leitner
Oceanographer
Assistant Professor, Oregon State University
2023 Awards in Field Biology
Norine Yeung
Malacologist
Malacology Curator, Bishop Museum
2023 Awards in Field Biology
Paulina L. González-Gómez
Functional and Integrative Ecologist
Lecturer, University of California Davis