A recent paper published Science about the environmental and social benefits of agricultural diversification, which Dr. Bezner Kerr and Sidney Madsen both contributed to, and that included several lab data sets from Malawi, has been awarded the Frontiers Planet Prize. This prestigious award recognizes impactful scientific research that addresses critical planetary boundaries, including biodiversity and climate change. The paper demonstrates, using 24 different empirical case studies, the benefits to people and the planet that diversified farming practices can provide.