Trent Preszler

About the Author

Trent Preszler grew up on a cattle ranch in South Dakota and received his BS from Iowa State University in 1998. He was subsequently awarded a Rotary Scholarship to the UK and a diploma from the Royal Botanic Garden. After a White House internship for President Bill Clinton, he earned an MS in agricultural economics and a PhD in horticulture from Cornell University. The recipient of the 2024 Henry David Thoreau Foundation Prize, he is the CEO of Bedell Cellars and founder of Preszler Woodshop in New York and teaches at Cornell University. His first book was a memoir, Little and Often, which Elizabeth Gilbert called “beautiful, powerful, and deeply moving” and Dani Shapirio called simply “unforgettable.”