Lisa Kivirist Biography

By Lisa Kivirist
Updated on April 9, 2016
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Lisa Kivirist, Author, Farmer and Advocate for Women in Sustainable Agriculture

Name: Lisa Kivirist

Occupation: Author, Farmer, Innkeeper

Place of Residence: The rolling green hills of southern Wisconsin

Background and Personal History: A national advocate for women in sustainable agriculture, Lisa Kivirist is a Senior Fellow, Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems at the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Minnesota, focusing on identifying opportunities to champion leadership development among female farmers and rural women.  She founded and leads the Rural Women’s Project of the Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service, an award- winning initiative championing female farmers and food-based entrepreneurs.

Lisa was recognized by In Business Magazine as a “Woman of Industry” for leadership growing the women in sustainable agriculture movement and by the Green Chamber of Commerce as “Women As Game Changers: 28 of the world’s leading women in sustainability and social reform who are fiercely changing the game in their world.”

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