CFSA sometimes offers the premier award of Career/Lifetime Achievement, which is given to a leader in sustainable agriculture whose lifetime contributions have greatly advanced sustainable agriculture in the Carolinas.
2019 – Goeff Zehnder
2018 – Tony Kleese
2017 – Not awarded
2016 – Jerry Dewitt
2015 – John O’Sullivan
2014 – Tom Trantham of Happy Cow Creamery
2013 – Will Hooker
2012 – Keith Baldwin, NC A&T
2011 – Not awarded
2010 – Betty Bailey, RAFI-USA
2009 – J. Paul Mueller, NCSU