Bio
Atina Diffley is an organic farmer, public speaker and author of the 2013 Minnesota Book Award winner, Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works--a memoir based on Atina’s life running the Gardens of Eagan organic vegetable farm. Her advocacy has addressed the pressures of suburban development, and she successfully led a legal and citizen campaign against the notorious polluters, Koch Industries, to create an Organic Mitigation Plan for organic farms in Minnesota. Subscribe to Atina’s on-line blog at www.atinadiffley.com.
Awards and Recognitions
- Female Organic Farmer of the Year | Women's Environmental Institute
- Minnesota Book Award, Memoir and Creative Non-fiction | Friends Of The Saint Paul Public Library
- Successful Farmer of the Year || EcoFarm (California)
- Lawsuit of the Year || Minnesota Law and Politics
- Cooperate for Community Award || National Cooperative Grocer Association
- Organic Farmer of the Year || Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Services
- New Initiative Farmer of the Year || Dakota County MN
Community Service
- Farm Commons || Board Member
Past Service
- Organic Seed Alliance || Vice President
- Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Services (MOSES) || Vice-President/Secretary
- Minnesota Institute of Sustainable Agriculture || Secretary/Treasurer
- Eureka Township Agri-Tourism Task Force
- Organic Field School || Founding President
- Citizens Energy Task Force || Founding Vice-chair
- Organic Processing Institute || Founding Secretary/Treasurer
- Strategic Visioning Citizen Advisory Committee || Eureka Township