Kitchen Gardeners International (KGI) is pleased to announce that KGI founder, Roger Doiron, has been awarded a Food & Society Policy Fellowship for 2008-2009.

The program provides a two-year annual stipend to professionals in food and agriculture from across North America, enabling them to use mass media channels to inform public viewpoints in alignment with the goals of creating sustainable food systems that promote good health, vibrant communities and environmental stewardship.

Fellows come from many disciplines: chefs, farmers, nutritionists, activists, public health professionals, fishers, policy experts and academics. 13 recipients of this prestigious fellowship were selected from a highly competitive North American group of applicants.

The fellowship program is coordinated by the Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute based in Missouri and is funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Fair Food Foundation and Woodcock Foundation.