USDA Hall of Heroes Award Program

Previous Inductees

2010:

• Norm Berg, Former Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Thomas Monroe Campbell, First Black Extension Agency in the United States
• Justin Smith Morrill, Father of the Land-Grant College System
• Senator George S. McGovern, Advocate for Fighting Hunger
• Senator Tom Harkin, Advocate for the Agriculture Community

2000:

• Hugh Hammond Bennett, Father of Soil Conservation
• George Washington Carver, Father of Chemurgy
• Senator Robert Dole, National Leader of Nutrition and Farming Programs
• Smokey Bear, America's First Fire Prevention Bear