Siehl Prize for Excellence in Agriculture announces 2016 laureates
March 21, 2016
From: University of Minnesota
An internationally renowned bee expert, the former leader of one of Minnesota’s most diversified dairy companies and an innovative leader in pork production are this year’s recipients of the prestigious Siehl Prize in Agriculture.
The prize is awarded annually by the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences. Recipients are chosen in three categories: knowledge (teaching, research and outreach); agribusiness; and production agriculture. This year’s winners are:
Marla Spivak (knowledge): Her tireless advocacy for bees and what they do for the world’s food supply has made her a well-known speaker, but at its core her work is about understanding how bees behave, breeding new lines of disease resistant bees and finding the causes behind Colony Collapse Disorder and other threats to bees. She’s been a U of M faculty member since 1992 and thanks to her leadership a new bee and pollinator research center will open on the U’s St. Paul campus later this year.
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