The Agricultural History Society awards several prizes each year to encourage scholarship related to the history of agriculture and rural life.
The awards include the Everett E. Edwards Award for the best article submitted to Agricultural History by a graduate student; the Vernon Carstensen Memorial Award for the best article in Agricultural History; the Wayne D. Rasmussen Award for the best article on agricultural history not published in Agricultural History; the Gilbert C. Fite Dissertation Award for the best dissertation on agricultural history; the Theodore Saloutos Memorial Award for the best book on agricultural history; and the National History Day History of Agriculture and Rural Life Award.
Everett E. Edwards Award for the best article submitted to Agricultural History by a graduate student.
Tom Okie , for
"Under the Trees: The Georgia Peach and the Quest for Labor in the Twentieth Century." Tom is a PhD candidate at the University of Georgia.
Vernon Carstensen Memorial Award for the best article in Agricultural History.
Yixin Chen, for "Cold War Competition and Food Production in China, 1957-1962 " in Agricultural History 83:1 (Winter 2009). Chen is a professor in the history department at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.
Wayne D. Rasmussen Award for the best article on agricultural history not published in Agricultural History.
Mark B. Tauger , for "The Indian Famine Crisi of world War II " in British Scholar Vol. I, Issue 2 (March 2009). Tauger is an associate professor of history at West Virginia University.
Gilbert C. Fite Dissertation Award for the best dissertation on agricultural history.
Adam Ebert, for "Hive Society: The Popularization of Science and Beekeeping in the British Isles, 1609-1913." Ebert is a PhD candidate at Iowa State University.
Theodore Saloutos Memorial Award for the best book on agricultural history.
Mark Finlay , professor at Armstrong State University, for Growing American Rubber: Strategic Plants and the Politics of National Security (Rutgers University Press, 2009).
National History Day History of Agriculture and Rural Life Award. The society established the History of Agriculture and Rural Life Award to raise awareness of agricultural and rural history among secondary school students interested in history. Projects in any of the National History Day categories are eligible, including papers, dramatic presentations, media presentations, and exhibits, both by individuals and groups at either the Senior or Junior levels. The prize is awarded in June at the campus of the University of Maryland during the awards ceremony of the National History Day Contest. In addition to two hundred dollars, students receive certificates of their achievement and a complimentary copy of the issue of the Society's journal, Agricultural History, announcing the winner of the award.
