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Recognitions & Awards

Heidi and Roots of Peace have been the recipient of numerous awards including the 2006 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award/National Jefferson Award for Public Service, the Rotary International “Service Above Self” Award. In 2018, she received the inaugural Earth Ethics Award from Marcus Nobel, nephew of Alfred Nobel presented to her at the United Nations in New York. And, in 2019, Heidi received the Gandhi Global Family Award in New Delhi, the first American to receive this prestigious award on the occasion of the 150th Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.

• The World Food Prize 2023

• Mother Theresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2023

• Cal Berkeley Award for Excellence & Achievement 2002

• Rotary International ‘Service Above Self’ Award

• Earth Ethics Award — Nobel Family

• ‘Walk the Talk’ Award—UN Environmental Programme

• The Jefferson Award

In the News

• Forbes / Nobel Prize Nominee Explains How California Wine Industry Helped Her Create ‘Roots Of Peace’

• AP News / Ukrainian winemakers visit California’s Napa Valley to learn how to heal war-ravaged vineyards

• AI Jazeera / Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Heidi Kuhn, was prominently featured on Al Jazeera TV.

• ABC7 / Heidi kuhn Nobel Peace Prize Nominee

• ABC News / NBC / FOX 21 / FOX8 / CBS4 /PIX11 (New York) / Yahoo Finance / The San Diego Union Tribune / Napa Valley Register / Ukrainian winemakers visit California’s Napa Valley to learn how to heal war-ravaged vineyards

• FOX2 / Ukrainian vintners in Napa Valley learning to rebuild their wine industry.

• L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO La sfida di “Roots of peace” e Heidi Kühn, vincitrice del World Food Prize 2023 Dai campi minati alle vigne.

• Decanter / Napa Valley opens its doors to Ukrainian winemakers

• ABC NEWS /Bay Area woman in South Africa working with others to get rid of landmines in war-torn countries

• AP The Associated Press / For turning ‘mines to vines,’ founder of Roots of Peace wins World Food Prize

• ABC7 News story from Tara Campbell: Roots of Peace “Mines to Vines” in Ukraine.

•  Agri Marketing / View From the Top: Roots of Peace 2023 World Food Prize

• (PBS) Market to Market segment Heidi Kuhn / 2023 World Food Prize Laureate

• Fox News / California peace activist who worked to remove land mines from war-torn regions wins World Food Prize

• Radio KCBS Ring Central Newsline Bret Burkhart Interviews, Heidi Kuhn World Food Prize 2023

• Anandabazar Patrika India / A call to fill the human soil with crops and wipe out the wounds.

• El Mercurio Newspaper  (Chile) /Heidi Kühn- La agricultura es la herramienta para la paz

• VOA News / For Turning ‘Mines to Vines,’ Founder of Roots of Peace Wins World Food Prize

• KTVZ /For turning ‘mines to vines,’ founder of Roots of Peace wins World Food Prize

• Devex – Lauren Evans and Tania Karas / Devex Dish: A moment to honor food security innovators.

• Insight on Business with Michael P. Libbie / The 2023 World Food Prize Laureate – Heidi Kuhn

• Marin Independent Journal / Marin-based Roots of Peace founder presented with Mother Teresa social justice award

• Business Record / Turning mines to vines

• Podcast Episode “The Rise of Agriculture and Food Growth as a Strategic Asset” with the Ambassador of Bahrain to the United States, Shaikh Abdulla bin Rashid Al Khalifa.