Thank You to Our Contributors

Honor and Memorial

Every gift matters to us — thank you for being part of this journey to advance the global perennial agriculture movement. Below is a list of our 2024 fiscal year gifts, made in tribute or memory of others. These special gifts help catalyze a sustainable, perennial food future.

Listed in bold are the honor and memorial recipients, followed by the names of those who contributed.

In Honor

Geeta Aiyer – from Theodosia H. Ferguson
DeWayne Backhus – from Kenneth Weaver
Kirk R. Barrett – from Bradley H. Barrett
Kent M. Berkley – from Limbo, Inc.
Wendell Berry – from Brett and Justin Stevenson
Wendell Berry – from Dean Hulse
Wendell Berry – from John Spaccarelli
Wendell Berry – from Paul ter Weel
Cassius Masai K. Black – from Cheri Black
Richard Bole – from Richard Bole
James Buhr – from Vicki Voldal-Rosenau
Rachel Chapman-Steele – from Randy K. Chapman
Evan Cobey – from Georgia L. Deal
Tony Coleman – from Carl Awsumb
Tim Crews – from Daniel Weiss
Nathanael P. Dresser – from Everett L. Bullock
Matthew Van Dyke – from Nancy B. Freeze
Andrew T. Fisher – from Carol Fisher
Adrian Flatt, Graham Flatt, Lynn Flatt, and Mary Knight – from David R. Flatt
Joe Goffman – from Gabriel Goffman
Nils R. Gore – from Carol J. Criss
Kira Gould – from Michael Ebeid
Rachel Greenberger– from Julie McCoy
Drew Groezinger – from Catherine Hoffman
Alan Huff – from Kim Stahl
Wes Jackson – from Denise Backus,
Wes Jackson – from Ellen F. Davis,
Wes Jackson – from Jonathan and Nancy Lee Kemper,
Wes Jackson – from Otto C. Doering,
Wes Jackson – from Peter and Helen Schulze,
Wes Jackson – from Roger B. McDaniel
Wes Jackson – from Stanton F. Hoegerman
Kathleen H. Johnson – from John Field
Michael R. Johnson– from Beda I. Johnson
Elspeth Keables – from Adam Beyer
Lawrence Krehbiel – from Shelly Krehbiel
David Larsen – from the Charles and Brenda Larsen Family Foundation
Marilyn C. Long – from Andrew Long
Rebecca Long – from Carolyn Long
John P. Luebbe – from Lee Luebbe
Michelle C. Mack – from Susan E. Schuur
Grant W. Mallett – from Bijan Amini
Kevin L. Markey – from Karen Markey
Ross Morgan – from Tim Morgan
Jasper and Charlie Mutz – from Kenneth Hillman
Erin and Evan Patterson – from Carolyn Patterson
Julianne Phipps – from David M. Phipps
Mary Quandt – from Kevin Quandt
Luiza Rosa – from Paul B. Martin
Scott Rose – from Lee Ann Hopkins
Emily Rude – from Matthew D’Asaro
Sara Sandberg – from Jean Nuss
Brett Simmons – from Melissa Tobias
Frieda C. Smith – from Douglas Smith
Courtney Spearman – from James M. Spearman
Courtney Spearman – from Steven Worley
Tejas Srikanth – from Jessica Kleoppel
Megan Struby – from Shauna Struby
Allison Stuewe-Sibberson – from Thomas P. Reid
Thompson Family Farm – from Thompson Family Foundation
Tony Wobeter – from Amy Martin

Memorials

Marty Bender – from Robert L. Vogl
Henry D. Blocher – from Joan Blocher
Terry Booth – from Kenneth Bertelson
Doug Brannon – from J. Marc Cottrell
George E. Comstock – from Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Earl Courtney – from J. David Swift
William E. Crews – from Donald W. Hassemer
J Lee Cromwell – from John L. Cromwell
Sarah Dean – from Ann B. Simpson, Chris Schumm, Diane Tegtmeier, Elizabeth Franklin, Elizabeth S. Gill, Jerry Jost and Deborah Altus, Grover B. Simpson, Raymond H. Dean, Roberta Renz, and SSC Advisors Inc
Strachan & Vivian Donnelley – from John Hoskyns-Abrahall
Jane D. Douglass – from Jane D. Douglass
Mary N. Dudley – from Kathleen D. Fisher
Evelyn M. Durkee – from Evelyn M. Durkee
Ralph Earles – from Ralph Earles
Thomas A. Eddy – from Edwin L. Armstrong
Kenneth Evans – from Claryce L. Evans
Julie A. Floyd – from E. Scott Royce
Sarah R. Frederick – from Sarah R. Frederick
C. Dean Freudenberger – From Joyce M. Lamphere
Mary Frances Garrone – from Mary Lou Bender
Mary M. Gladbach – from Krystal Anton
James D. Griffin – from Kaitilin Griffin
William C. Groneman – from Paula S. Tompkins
Elisabeth Hanson – from Ardith Hanson
Avenell Harms – from Duane K. Harms
Steffen A. Helgaas – from Bernt Helgaas
Nancy Hinman – from Clinton R. Hinman
Benjamin Johnson – from Anne W. Prichard
C. D. Johnson – from Michael R. Johnson
Wayne P. Johnson – from Mary P. Johnson
Tosh & Tomoko Kawamoto – from Edith Frederick
Conrad O. Krahling – from Debra M. Starin
Harriet D. Landon – from Janet Landon
J. Han Lankhorst – from J. Han Lankhorst
Jesse Phelps Leiker – from Patricia Phelps
Steve Libbey – from Sarah Garst
Kathie Lindsay – from Vicki Voldal-Rosenau
Loras Knepper – from Beth Knepper
Leon (Merchant Marine) – from Neil Watson
Kelly Mahon – from Penny Mahon
Mitch Mathis – from Charlene J. Mathis
Gordon Maxwell – from Eugene Lozner, Lawrence E. Wetzel, and Vivian Wilkerson
Robert M. Mayers – from Matthew L. Mayers
Gary Melander – from Kathy Melander
Kerry Miller – from Basia Miller
Clyde Milner – from Clyde Milner
Robin E. Mittenthal – from Jay E. Mittenthal
Joan Moody – from Liberty Prairie Restorations
Robert Moog – from Ileana Grams-Moog
Faith E. Morgan – from Faith E. Morgan
Donna Morgenstern – from Donna Morgenstern
Dennis Murphey – from Gerald M. Shechter
Brent W. Nelson – from Jon Nelson
Diana Nemergut – from Joseph Knelman
Michael G. Noll – from Michael G. Noll
Henrietta Olsen – from Stacey Olsen
Dylan C. Perney – from Robert A. Perney
Emelyn Piotter – from Allison J. Miller and William L. Howenstine
Harris A. Rayl – from Wendy L. Thompson
Patricia A. Robb – from Patricia A. Robb
Warren Robinson – from Betty Jane Robinson
Linda Rodriguez – from Bob Rodriguez
Torleif Samuelson – from Scott A. Bakke
John L. Schmidt – from Clair S. Schultis
Lizann Shea – from Anne Leiter
Roy Simengaard – from Virginia Lynn
Ben W. Smith – from Marcia S. Mayo
James A. Tarnowski – from Judy K. Berkshire
Gary E. Tegtmeier – from Ann B. Simpson, Francis G. Martin, and Mary A. Kowalski
Paul Thomas – from Steven D. Schuette
June Thompson – from John W. Thompson
Bill Tracy – from Teri L. Tracy
Orville L. Voth – from Kahryn Voth
Charles Wilkinson – from John Ragsdale
William C. Wiseman – from Vanguard Charitable
William Wittmeyer – from Thomas Moran
Angus Wright – from Mary L. Mackey
Alex Wyatt – from Ann M. Zimmerman, Barbara Gibson, Barbara J. Nickell, Bill S. Medina, Bruce H. Wyatt, C.A. Geis, Came Ag Supplies, LLC, Candice Moore, Candyce J. Johnson, Charles H. Carroll, Chas W. Weathers, Constance J. Stevens, Cynthia L. Knutson, David Parks, David Peterson, Diane Sampson, Donald Schwegmann, Douglas Johnson, Emma L. Doherty, Eva Winkler, Gary D. Denning, I.B. Rundell, Ivan Hulstine, Jack Sheahon, James E. Hocking, James Shetlar, Jane Newman, Janet Denning, Jo R. Buchanan, John Held, Joyce E. Came, K. Mark Wedel, Kathleen O. Pierson, League of Women Voters, Linda Ellison, Lloyd Davidson, Martha Rhea, Mary L. Andersen, Norman R. Kelly, Paul Baits, Rebecca Cram, Scott A. Jones, Scott Nelson, Susan Lynch, Thomas F. Jones, Thomas P. Reid, Tom Dunn, and Wesley Wyatt.