2017 Award Winner

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Conservation Producer Recipient

2017 HHB award speaker
2017 HHB award

Dorn Cox - Lee, New Hampshire

The inaugural recipient of the Hugh Hammond Bennett Excellence in Conservation Award is Dorn Cox.

Dorn operates a 250-acre multigenerational family farm with his wife, Sarah, and two boys in Lee, New Hampshire. He is an NACD Soil Health Champion and has utilized the Resource Stewardship Evaluation Tool on his farm to evaluate his conservation stewardship performance. Dorn is a co-founder of the FarmOS software platform and focuses on collaborative open source research and development for regenerative agricultural systems. 

He has developed and shared systems for small-scale grain and oil seeds processing, biofuel production, and no-till and low-till equipment and cover crop systems to increase carbon capture and soil health. 

He is also a founding member of the New England Farmers Union, the Great Bay Grain Cooperative, and the Oyster River Biofuel Initiative. He serves as a county supervisor and vice-chair of the Strafford County Conservation District and is vice president of the New Hampshire Association of Conservation Districts. Dorn holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and a PhD from the University of New Hampshire in Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science.

2017 Producer Award Nominations

Winner: Dorn Cox - Lee, NH

  • Strafford County Conservation District
  • NH NRCS Epping Field Office
  • Team
    • Alena Warren, District Manager, Strafford County Conservation District
    • Epping Field Service Center:
      • Keri Neal - District Conservationist
      • Matt Larkin - Soil Conservationist
      • Tim Tucker - Soil Conservationist
      • Daimon Meeh - Resource Conservationist
      • Julie Tosten - Civil Engineer Technician
      • Danel Stadig - Program Assistant 
      • Sue Sargent - Program Assistant
  • Top 4 - Jimmy Emmons - Leedey, OK
  • Top 4 - Brendon Rockey, Rockey Farms - Center, CO
  • Top 4 - Bobby Whitescarver and Jeanne Hoffman - Swoope, VA
  • Jay Baxter, Baxter Farms, Inc. - Georgetown, DE
  • Jon and Sylvia Bednarski - Sherwood Acres, KY
  • Keith and Brian Berns - Bladen, NE
  • David Daigle - Ragley, LA
  • Dan Diaz - Lena, IL
  • Annie Dee, Pickens Co. - AL
  • Dennis Hoyle - Roscoe, SD
  • Salem Saloom, Conecuh Co. - AL
  • Cody and Deanna Sand - Forbes, ND
  • Michael Willis - King City, MO