Heidi is the 2023 World Food Prize Laureate
“Her work shows the world the vital role agriculture must have in the resilient recovery from conflict and restoration of peace.”
-Ambasador Terry Branstad, President World Food Award Foundation
Introducing
Breaking Ground
Both a memoir and a call to action, this book is an account of Heidi Kühn’s quest to eradicate landmines from the face of the earth for future generations to thrive.
A Woman on a Journey to Replace Landmines with Grapevines…
Heidi Kühn is Founder and CEO of Roots of Peace, a humanitarian-nonprofit organization founded in September 1997 with a vision to transform MINES TO VINES—replacing the scourge of landmines with sustainable agricultural farmland.
Cultivating Peace Through Agriculture
Her pioneering work empowers families living in war-torn regions with hope leading to the economics of peace through export and trade, garnering well-deserved recognition from esteemed institutions.
From Landmines to Grapevines: The Inspiration of Princess Diana
“Heidi Kühn is an extraordinary visionary who is following her dream to stop landmine violence around the world. Her courage is undeniable [and her] commitment is unstoppable, as Roots of Peace replaces landmines with grapevines or pepper vines or fruit trees in war-ravaged nations.”
—Cheryl Jennings, Emmy Award–Winning Journalist
PLANTING PEACE SINCE 1997
“[Heidi Kühn has] turned mines into vines by replacing the seeds of destruction with the seeds of life . . . and [she has] shown the world that, even with modest beginnings, a partnership backed up by persistence can make a real difference.”
— The Late Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate