Garth Youngberg
Ivan Garth Youngberg was the founder and director
of the Institute for Alternative Agriculture.[1][2] Garth Youngberg
Nationality American
Occupation Non-fiction writer
Life and work Academic background
He graduated from the University of Illinois with a Alma mater University of Illinois
PhD in Political Science in 1971.[3] He taught at Academic work
Southwest Missouri State University, where he was Institutions Missouri State University
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]
Awards
1988 MacArthur Fellows Program
Works
Alternative Farming Systems and Rural Communities: Exploring the Connections:
Symposium Proceedings, Editors Garth Youngberg, Neill Schaller, Henry A. Wallace Center
for Agriculture & Environmental Policy at Winrock International, 1992, ISBN 978-1-893182-
02-8
"Sustainable Agriculture: An Overview" (https://books.google.com/books?id=u66-RP5EJY4C
&pg=PA1), Sustainable agriculture in temperate zones, Editors Charles A. Francis, Cornelia
Butler Flora, Larry D. King, Wiley-Interscience, 1990, ISBN 978-0-471-62227-7
"Policy Considerations for a Sustainable Agriculture" (https://books.google.com/books?id=3
Gcqov3GdVUC&pg=SA1-PA1), Sustainable Agriculture in California: Proceedings of a
Research Symposium, Sacramento, California, March 15–16, 1990, Editor David Chaney,
ANR Publications, 1991, ISBN 978-1-879906-02-0
Understanding the True Cost of Food: Considerations for a Sustainable Food System:
Symposium Proceedings, Editors Garth Youngberg, Otto Doering, Henry A. Wallace Center
for Agriculture & Environmental Policy at Winrock International, 1991, ISBN 978-1-893182-
14-1
Biotechnology in Agriculture: Implications for Sustainability: Symposium Proceedings, Henry
A. Wallace Center for Agriculture & Environmental Policy at Winrock International, 1986,
ISBN 978-1-893182-03-5
"The Alternative Agricultural Movement" (https://archive.today/20130105161556/http://www
3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119618077/abstract), Policy Studies Journal, Volume 6
Issue 4, Pages 524 - 530
Federal administration and participatory democracy: the ASCS farmer committee system,
Volume 1971, Part 1, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1971
John F. Kennedy's views on presidential power, Western Illinois University, 1966
References
1. "Organic Agriculture Pioneer Receives 'Genius' Award" (https://books.google.com/books?id=
hwcAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8), Vegetarian Times, Oct 1988
2. "Garth Youngberg's Fertile Vision; The Natural-Farming Expert Reaps a Genius' Award'" (htt
ps://archive.today/20120714122838/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73
622634.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+1,+1988&author=Ward+Sinclair&desc
=Garth+Youngberg's+Fertile+Vision;+The+Natural-Farming+Expert+Reaps+a+Genius'+Awa
rd'), 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" (http://www.la
s.illinois.edu/alumni/awards/achievement/). www.las.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
4. Policy Studies Journal: The Journal of the Policy Studies Organization (https://books.google.
com/books?id=Y2weAAAAIAAJ). University of Illinois. 1974-01-01.
5. "News and Notes" (https://www.jstor.org/pss/2130410), Nack Young An, The Journal of
Politics, Vol. 43, No. 2 (May, 1981), pp. 632-637
6. The Free Lance-Star (https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19791112&id=d
kgRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E4sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5029,1696819) Nov 12, 1979
7. "A History of Organic Farming: Transitions from Sir Albert Howard's War in the Soil to the
USDA National Organic Program | Farm & Ranch" (https://web.archive.org/web/2010020921
1859/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). Archived from the
original (http://www.westonaprice.org/A-History-of-Organic-Farming-Transitions-from-Sir-Alb
ert-Howard-s-War-in-the-Soil-to-the-USDA-National-Organic-Program.html) on 2010-02-09.
Retrieved 2010-04-16.
8. "Alternative Agriculture News from the Wallace Institute -- August '99" (http://www.ibiblio.org/
farming-connection/news/aanews/0001.htm). www.ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
9. "Alternative Agriculture' Harvesting New Support" (https://www.mcall.com/1989/10/01/altern
ative-agriculture-harvesting-new-support/), The Morning Call, October 01, 1989, PETE
LEFFLER
10. The grasslands of the United States: an environmental history (https://books.google.com/bo
oks?id=rlAQTFz_HuUC&pg=PA148), 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 (https://books.google.com/book
s?id=9uSGAAAAIAAJ). Iowa State University Press. ISBN 9780813806365.
12. "OFRF Funders" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110718004531/https://ofrf.org/giving2ofrf/fu
nders.html). Archived from the original (https://ofrf.org/giving2ofrf/funders.html) on 2011-07-
18. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
External links
Oral "History Interview with Garth Youngberg" (https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/garth-youngb
erg). Jane Potter Gates, AFSIC Oral History Series
"Interview with Garth Youngberg - Part VI" (http://www.organic-cooking.com/blog/Interview-w
ith-Garth-Youngberg--Part-VI), Organic Cooking
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