Giving Farmers Everywhere A Voice
There was a recent article at Wallaces Farmer that caught our eye at GFN, Celebrating a century - Agriculture and Iowa have changed immensely since Iowa Farm Bu...
Kleckner Award
The Story Behind Your Glass of Milk
I’m a dairy farmer who loves to tell the story behind a glass of milk! Every story about the food we eat is important, but I think it has become even more impo...
2018 – Gina Gutierrez, Mexico
Kleckner Award Winner Passionate About Telling the Dairy Story
Gina Gutierrez started finding her voice in May of 2015. That’s when she decided that as a dairy...
2018 Global Farmer Network – Gina Gutierrez from Mexico
The 2018 Global Farmer Roundtable is scheduled for Oct 16-17 in Des Moines, Iowa – coinciding with the week of the World Food Prize Borlaug Dialog...
2017 – Motlatsi Musi, South Africa
KLECKNER AWARD WINNER FINDS TECHNOLOGY IS HIS ROAD OUT OF POVERTY
Motlatsi Musi is not a highly educated man. He left school at an early age. He learned much t...
Kleckner Award Winner Finds Technology Is His Road Out Of Poverty
Motlatsi Musi is not a highly educated man. He left school at an early age. He learned much though from his activist mother. Musi, this year’s Kleckner Award Wi...
Road Out of Poverty: A Personal Story
As a child, I would collect dry cattle dung on the outskirts of town. My family burned it to cook food and keep warm. For protein, we often ate locusts. They’re...
2012 Global Farmer Roundtable
October 15-16, 2012 - Des Moines, Iowa USA Moderator: Dr. Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes - the MSMC Endowed Professor of Agribusiness Strategy and the Director...
2010 Global Farmer Roundtable
October 12-13, 2010 - Des Moines, Iowa USA Moderator: Dr. Robert Thompson, Sr. Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and Professor Emerit...