Fred Kirschenmann has been involved in sustainable agriculture and food issues for most of his life. He currently serves as both a Distinguished Fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, and as President of the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, New York. He also still provides management over site of his family’s 2600 acre organic farm in south central North Dakota. He was recently named as one of the first ten James Beard Foundation Leadership Awards which recognizes visionaries in creating more healthful, more sustainable, and safer food systems. He is the author of a book of essays which track the development of his thought over the past 30 years; Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: Essays by a Farmer Philosopher, published by the University of Kentucky Press.
Related Articles
'SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_posts.ID
FROM wp_posts LEFT JOIN wp_term_relationships ON (wp_posts.ID = wp_term_relationships.object_id)
WHERE 1=1 AND wp_posts.ID NOT IN (1217579) AND (
wp_term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id IN (4,8988)
) AND wp_posts.post_type = \'post\' AND ((wp_posts.post_status = \'publish\'))
GROUP BY wp_posts.ID
ORDER BY wp_posts.post_date DESC
LIMIT 0, 3'
Four food safety laws under threat from the ‘Save Our Bacon Act’
For several years now, a few Republican lawmakers and their Big Ag allies have pushed federal legislation to effectively preempt, or block, state food safety and animal welfare laws.
August 21, 2026
From seeds to survival: A farmer’s story from Tajikistan
For a farming community that depends on seasonal consistency, climate change creates uncertainty at every stage of production.
August 20, 2026
‘Activism is not just about political change, it is about spiritual alignment’: Interview with activist Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn
Activist Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn discusses food sovereignty, Māori leadership and challenging colonial frameworks in an interview with Agroecology Now!
August 19, 2026
