Garth Youngberg

Ivan Garth Youngberg was the founder and director of the Institute for Alternative Agriculture.[1][2]

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a PhD in Political Science in 1971.[3] He taught at Southwest Missouri State University, where he was chairman of the Political Science department until 1981.[4][5] He was a member of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Study Team for Organic Farming,[6] and Organic Resources Coordinator, for the USDA.[7][8] He lost his job during the Ronald Reagan administration transition.[9][10] He was a specialist with the Maryland Environmental Service.[11] He supported the Organic Farming Research Foundation.[12]

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References

  1. "Organic Agriculture Pioneer Receives 'Genius' Award", Vegetarian Times, Oct 1988
  2. "Garth Youngberg's Fertile Vision; The Natural-Farming Expert Reaps a Genius' Award'", The Washington Post, Ward Sinclair, Aug 1, 1988
  3. Urbana-Champaign, ATLAS, LAS, University of Illinois at. "Award Recipients « Award Programs « Alumni Association « Alumni & Friends « College of LAS « Illinois". www.las.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  4. Policy Studies Journal: The Journal of the Policy Studies Organization. University of Illinois. 1974-01-01.
  5. "News and Notes", Nack Young An, The Journal of Politics, Vol. 43, No. 2 (May, 1981), pp. 632-637
  6. The Free Lance-Star Nov 12, 1979
  7. http://www.westonaprice.org/A-History-of-Organic-Farming-Transitions-from-Sir-Albert-Howard-s-War-in-the-Soil-to-the-USDA-National-Organic-Program.html
  8. "Alternative Agriculture News from the Wallace Institute -- August '99". www.ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  9. "Alternative Agriculture' Harvesting New Support", The Morning Call, October 01, 1989, PETE LEFFLER
  10. The grasslands of the United States: an environmental history, James Earl Sherow, ABC-CLIO, 2007, ISBN 978-1-85109-720-3
  11. Brewster, David E.; Rasmussen, Wayne David; Youngberg, Garth (1983-01-01). Farms in Transition: Interdisciplinary Perspective on Farm Structure. Iowa State University Press. ISBN 9780813806365.
  12. https://ofrf.org/giving2ofrf/funders.html
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