Mission
Our Purpose
A focus on agriculture as the most basic human endeavor
About Us
What is the Riley Memorial Foundation?
The Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation (RMF) is committed to building upon Charles Valentine Riley’s legacy as a “whole picture” person with a vision for enhancing agriculture through scientific knowledge. Founded in 1985, RMF recognized that agriculture is the most basic human endeavor and that a vibrant, robust, food, agricultural, forestry, and environmental-resource system is essential for human progress and world peace.
Our Work
Read Our Latest Publications
Pursuing a Unifying Message: Elevating Food, Agricultural Natural Resources Research as a National Priority
A University Perspective. Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation. Madison, WI. 12 pp. NTIS Accession No. PB2015-104112. 2015
The Role of U.S. Research Universities in Meeting the Global Food Security Challenge
Proceedings of the 2016 AAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture Organized in collaboration with the Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation and the World Food Prize Foundation Presented May 23, 2016 • Washington, DC
Joining Forces to Protect the Future of Agriculture and the Planet
Proceedings of the 2017 AAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture Organized in collaboration with the Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation and the World Food Prize Foundation Presented June 15, 2017, Washington, DC
Executive Committee, 2019
Our Board of Directors
Ways to help/contribute
Support the RMF Mission
Our mission is made possible through gifts, contributions, and sponsorships from like-minded individuals and institutions, as well as through the incredible work of our partners. RMF is always interested in potential research and other partnerships to help us promote a broader and more complete understanding of agriculture and to enhance agriculture through increased scientific knowledge.