Garth Youngberg
{{Infobox academic
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Garth Youngberg
| honorific_suffix =
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| nationality = American
| citizenship =
| other_names =
| occupation = Non-fiction writer
| period =
| known_for =
| title =
| boards =
| spouse =
| partner =
| children =
| parents =
| relatives =
| awards =
| website =
| education =
| alma_mater = University of Illinois
| thesis_title =
| thesis_url =
| thesis_year =
| school_tradition =
| doctoral_advisor =
| academic_advisors =
| influences =
| era =
| discipline =
| sub_discipline =
| workplaces = Missouri State University
| doctoral_students =
| notable_students =
| main_interests =
| notable_works =
| notable_ideas =
| influenced =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| signature_size =
| footnotes =
}}
Ivan Garth Youngberg was the founder and director of the Institute for Alternative Agriculture.[https://books.google.com/books?id=hwcAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 "Organic Agriculture Pioneer Receives 'Genius' Award"], Vegetarian Times, Oct 1988[https://archive.today/20120714122838/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73622634.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'+Award' "Garth Youngberg's Fertile Vision; The Natural-Farming Expert Reaps a Genius' Award'"], The Washington Post, Ward Sinclair, Aug 1, 1988
Life and work
He graduated from the University of Illinois with a PhD in Political Science in 1971.{{Cite web|url = http://www.las.illinois.edu/alumni/awards/achievement/|title = Award Recipients « Award Programs « Alumni Association « Alumni & Friends « College of LAS « Illinois|last = Urbana-Champaign|first = ATLAS, LAS, University of Illinois at|website = www.las.illinois.edu|access-date = 2016-04-11}} He taught at Southwest Missouri State University, where he was chairman of the Political Science department until 1981.{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Y2weAAAAIAAJ|title = Policy Studies Journal: The Journal of the Policy Studies Organization|date = 1974-01-01|publisher = University of Illinois|language = en}}[https://www.jstor.org/pss/2130410 "News and Notes"], Nack Young An, The Journal of Politics, Vol. 43, No. 2 (May, 1981), pp. 632-637 He was a member of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Study Team for Organic Farming,[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19791112&id=dkgRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E4sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5029,1696819 The Free Lance-Star] Nov 12, 1979 and Organic Resources Coordinator, for the USDA.{{Cite web |url=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 |title=A History of Organic Farming: Transitions from Sir Albert Howard's War in the Soil to the USDA National Organic Program | Farm & Ranch |access-date=2010-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209211859/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 |archive-date=2010-02-09 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url = http://www.ibiblio.org/farming-connection/news/aanews/0001.htm|title = Alternative Agriculture News from the Wallace Institute -- August '99|website = www.ibiblio.org|access-date = 2016-04-11}} He lost his job during the Ronald Reagan administration transition.[https://www.mcall.com/1989/10/01/alternative-agriculture-harvesting-new-support/ "Alternative Agriculture' Harvesting New Support"], The Morning Call, October 01, 1989, PETE LEFFLER[https://books.google.com/books?id=rlAQTFz_HuUC&pg=PA148 The grasslands of the United States: an environmental history], James Earl Sherow, ABC-CLIO, 2007, {{ISBN|978-1-85109-720-3}} He was a specialist with the Maryland Environmental Service.{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9uSGAAAAIAAJ|title = Farms in Transition: Interdisciplinary Perspective on Farm Structure|last1 = Brewster|first1 = David E.|last2 = Rasmussen|first2 = Wayne David|last3 = Youngberg|first3 = Garth|date = 1983-01-01|publisher = Iowa State University Press|isbn = 9780813806365|language = en}} He supported the Organic Farming Research Foundation.{{Cite web |url=https://ofrf.org/giving2ofrf/funders.html |title=OFRF Funders |access-date=2010-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718004531/https://ofrf.org/giving2ofrf/funders.html |archive-date=2011-07-18 |url-status=dead }}
Awards
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}}
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=u66-RP5EJY4C&pg=PA1 "Sustainable Agriculture: An Overview"], Sustainable agriculture in temperate zones, Editors Charles A. Francis, Cornelia Butler Flora, Larry D. King, Wiley-Interscience, 1990, {{ISBN|978-0-471-62227-7}}
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=3Gcqov3GdVUC&pg=SA1-PA1 "Policy Considerations for a Sustainable Agriculture"], 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}}
- [https://archive.today/20130105161556/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119618077/abstract "The Alternative Agricultural Movement"], 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
{{reflist|2}}
External links
- [https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/garth-youngberg Oral "History Interview with Garth Youngberg"]. Jane Potter Gates, AFSIC Oral History Series
- [http://www.organic-cooking.com/blog/Interview-with-Garth-Youngberg--Part-VI "Interview with Garth Youngberg - Part VI"], Organic Cooking
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Youngberg, Garth}}
Category:American agricultural writers
Category:American male non-fiction writers
Category:University of Illinois alumni