Kleckner Award

Let the Farmer Have a Voice

Onyaole Patience KokuOctober 17, 2019

Always let the farmer have a voice. That’s the message I delivered last month at an agricultural forum in Germany—and it’s the message that I intend to sprea...

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Video: Discover how diverse modern farming is (Open Farm Sunday)

Global Farmer NetworkAugust 19, 2019

Global Farmer Network member and 2014 Kleckner Award recipient, Ian Pigott, from the United Kingdom farms just outside of London and is one of the founders of O...

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Giving Farmers Everywhere A Voice

Global Farmer NetworkJanuary 2, 2019

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...

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The Story Behind Your Glass of Milk

Georgina GutierrezOctober 18, 2018

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...

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2018 – Gina Gutierrez, Mexico

Georgina GutierrezOctober 17, 2018

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...

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2018 Global Farmer Network – Gina Gutierrez from Mexico

Georgina GutierrezOctober 13, 2018

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...

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2017 – Motlatsi Musi, South Africa

Global Farmer NetworkNovember 27, 2017

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...

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Kleckner Award Winner Finds Technology Is His Road Out Of Poverty

Global Farmer NetworkOctober 17, 2017

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...

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Road Out of Poverty: A Personal Story

Motlatsi MusiOctober 5, 2017

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...

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2012 Global Farmer Roundtable

Global Farmer NetworkJanuary 21, 2013

October 15-16, 2012 - Des Moines, Iowa USA Moderator: Dr. Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes - the MSMC Endowed Professor of Agribusiness Strategy and the Director...

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Let the Farmer Have a Voice

Let the Farmer Have a Voice

Video: Discover how diverse modern farming is (Open Farm Sunday)

Giving Farmers Everywhere A Voice

The Story Behind Your Glass of Milk

2018 – Gina Gutierrez, Mexico

2018 Global Farmer Network – Gina Gutierrez from Mexico

2017 – Motlatsi Musi, South Africa

Kleckner Award Winner Finds Technology Is His Road Out Of Poverty

Road Out of Poverty: A Personal Story

2012 Global Farmer Roundtable