- Ann Veneman
Ann M. Veneman is first UNICEF Executive Director to visit Swaziland © UNICEF/HQ05-0695/Nesbitt UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman joins children at the Dvumbe Primary School, south-east of Mbabane, Swaziland. - Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva (b. November 5, 1952, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India), is a physicist, ecofeminist, environmental activist and author. Shiva, currently based in New Delhi, is author of over 300 papers in leading scientific and technical journals.<br /> Shiva participated in the nonviolent Chipko movement during the 1970s. The movement, whose main participants were women, adopted the tactic of hugging trees to prevent their felling. - Eliot Coleman
Eliot Coleman (1938-) is an American farmer, author, agricultural researcher and educator, and a proponent of organic farming. His 1989 book, "The New Organic Grower", is considered must-reading for organic farmers and market gardeners. He served for two years as Executive Director of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), and was an advisor to the US Department of Agriculture during their 1979-80 study, … - Olivier de Serres
Olivier de Serres was a French author and soil scientist whose "Théâtre d'Agriculture" was the text book of French agriculture in the 1600s.. The work was notable for its recommendation to wine growers that they plant 5-6 varieties in their vineyards to balance the risk of a crop failing, and the early advocating of crop rotation. - Debbye Turner
I am 14 years old, I live in Raleigh, North Carolina. I go to Enloe High School. I am a freshman. My teacher assigned us this project and my project is about Debbye Turner . I hope you like my hero report. - Herb Kohl
Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman of Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations - Adrian J. Polansky
Adrian J. Polansky Kansas Secretary of Agriculture - Pierre Fayolle
Pierre Fayolle (France), marié 2 enfants est actuellement Cadre Supérieur au Crédit Agricole Sud Rhone Alpes. Il est aussi professeur de Déontologie à l'Université Lyon 3. Il pratique la course à pied (endurance) ; le parapente, et outre le bricolage fait de la composition musicale (voir site sfr ci contre) assistée par ordinateur sous le nom de scène : PIFAJUVA. Disponible aussi : arbre généalogique des ascendants - Franz Fischler
Dr. Franz Fischler Non-executive Director Dr Franz Fischler was the member of the European Commission responsible for agriculture between 1995 and 2004 (1995 to 1999, European Commissioner for agriculture and rural development; 1999 to 2004, European Commissioner for agriculture, rural development and fisheries). Dr. Fischler has been a representative of the agricultural sector since 1979, when he joined the Tyrol Chamber of Agriculture in Austria. - Paola Fiore
Environmental Manager, Green Communication Strategist, Corporate Responsibility Consultant, Journalist, Documentarist. - Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac has suffered the humiliation of being the first French president to be questioned in a criminal corruption inquiry. - Sandra Lee Kunimoto
Sandra Lee Kunimoto , Chairperson - Board of Agriculture - Cindy Todd
Cindy Todd Cindy Todd grew up in eastern Ontario on a family dairy farm. She spent her early years working on the farm, which was where she developed a keen interest for animal agriculture. In the spring 2004, Cindy completed her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree at the University of Guelph. In the fall of the same year, she began pursuing a Masters of Science in Epidemiology in the Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph. - Mairead McGuinness
Mairead McGuinness is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament for Ireland East. She is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party. Máiread McGuinness was the first female graduate of University College, Dublin's degree in Agricultural economics and had a career in a number of media outlets before entering politics in 2004. She worked as a researcher on The Late Late Show, as a presenter on RTÉ's Ear to the Ground and Celebrity Farm, … - Chip Pickering
Charles Willis Pickering, Jr., usually known as Chip Pickering (born August 10, 1963), has represented Mississippi's third Congressional district (map) as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives since being elected in 1996. The district is based in Meridian and stretches from the Alabama border to the Louisiana border, including areas such as Starkville, Natchez and part of Jackson, the state capital. - E. S. Gosney
Ezra Seymour Gosney (November 6, 1855 - September 14, 1942) was an American philanthropist and eugenicist. In 1928 he founded the Human Betterment Foundation (HBF) in Pasadena, California, with the stated aim "to foster and aid constructive and educational forces for the protection and betterment of the human family in body, mind, character, and citizenship," primarily through the advocacy of compulsory sterilization of the mentally ill and mentally retarded. - Nancy Clark
Nancy Clark is CEO and Founder of WomensMedia, a media company focused on promoting women in the workplace, as well as the host of the "Women's Lunch Talk" blog and the weekly podcast "Working in Heels". Starting out in rocket science with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, she moved into computer technology at the University of California, Berkeley and then became committed to helping women overcome obstacles in business. - Richard Arnell
Richard Arnell (born September 15, 1917 in Hampstead, London) is an English composer of classical music. Arnell studied at the Royal College of Music in London from 1935 to 1939, and was taught there by John Ireland (composition) and St John Dykes (piano). He was awarded the Farrar Prize for composition during his final year at the college. At the outset of the Second World War, Arnell found himself stranded in New York, and stayed on until 1947, … - Frederick Gardner Cottrell
Frederick Gardner Cottrell (1877-1948) was an American physical chemist and inventor. A native of Oakland, California, his immense curiosity gained him notice as a prodigious reader. But his achievements were also an ambitious response to economic necessity. He finished high school, entered the University of California, Berkeley at age 16 and graduated in 3 years. - Leslie Kish
Leslie Kish (July 27, 1910 - October 7, 2000) was an American statistician of Hungarian descent. He fought in the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. His main work is the book "Survey Sampling" (1965), where he summarized and developed the current theory of sampling and survey design. He was also a noted teacher at the University of Michigan and on regular visits to the London School of Economics. - Leland Ossian Howard
Leland Ossian Howard, Ph.D., M.D. (June 11, 1857-May 1, 1950) was an American entomologist, born at Rockford, Ill. He graduated at Cornell in 1877. He was employed by the Department of Agriculture, and became chief of the Bureau of Entomology in 1894. He was the editor of "Insect Life", lecturer on entomology at several colleges and universities, and a contributor to reference books on the subject of entomology. - William Saunders
William Saunders was a botanist and landscape architect. Born in Saint Andrews, Scotland, he served as the first Master (President) of the National Grange, and became the U.S. Department of Agriculture's first botanist and landscape architect. Saunders designed the park system in Washington, D.C., and oversaw the planting of 80,000 trees in the city. He was a founder of the Grange Order of Patrons of Husbandry. - Frank A. Barrett
Frank Aloysius Barrett (november 10, 1892 - May 30, 1962) was an American soldier, lawyer and politician. He is best known as a member of the United States Congress and the United States Senate, and as Governor of Wyoming. Barrett was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to a family of eight. He studied law and science at Creighton University, and worked as a postal employee at the same time. - J. A. O. Preus
Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus (August 28, 1883 - May 24, 1961) was an American politician, born in Columbia County, Wisconsin. He served as the state auditor for Minnesota from January 5, 1915 to January 5, 1921 and as the 20th Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1921 to January 6, 1925. He was a Republican. He was a 1903 graduate of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. The grandson, son, and father of Lutheran ministers, he chose to serve the state rather than the church. - Isaac Cline
Isaac Monroe Cline (October 13, 1861 - August 3, 1955) was the chief meteorologist at the Galveston, Texas office of the US Weather Bureau from 1889 to 1901. Cline was born near Madisonville, Tennessee on October 13, 1861 to Jacob and Mary Cline. Cline attended Hiawassee College, then in 1882, joined the meteorology training program of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Cline was first assigned to Little Rock, Arkansas, … - Marlene Garcia-Esperat
Marlene Garcia-Esperat (August 29, 1959 - March 24, 2005 in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines) was a Filipina whistleblower and investigative journalist who wrote a weekly anti-graft column for local newspapers. As a result of her anti-corruption work, she was murdered in her own home. Her case is significant, as it is the first in the 56 murders of Filipino journalists since 1986 for which the people "ultimately" responsible were identified, … - Luis Guinot
Luis Guinot, Jr. was the former United States Ambassador to the Central American nation of Costa Rica from 1991 to 1993. Nominated by former US President George Bush on May 30, 1991, Guinot was confirmed by the Senate in the summer of 1991 and soon afterwards relocated permanently to San Jose where he presented his credentials to then Costa Rican President Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier. - James Z. George
James Zachariah George (October 20, 1826 - August 14, 1897) was an American politician. James Zachariah George, Mississippi's "Great Commoner," was born on October 20, 1826, in Monroe County, Georgia, but moved to Mississippi when his widowed mother remarried. He served as a private in the Mexican-American War under Jefferson Davis. On his return, George studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 1854 he became a reporter of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, … - Aaron B. Grosh
Reverend Aaron B. Grosh (died March 27, 1884) was one of the seven founders of the Grange. He had a major part in the design of the Grange ritual and was also responsible for the various songs used during various celebrations of the Grange. Grosh accepted a position in the Department of Agriculture soon after its establishment. He penned a volume for members of the Grange to enable them a better understanding of the organization and its teachings. - Milt Sherwood
Milt Sherwood is a former politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Sherwood, a Progressive Conservative, was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1995, 1999 and 2003. In opposition from 1995 to 1999, he served as critic for various departments and served from 1997 to 1998 as house leader under Elvy Robichaud. Following the 1999 election, he served in the cabinet first as minister of agriculture and then, … - Marilyn Dease Johnson
Marilyn Dease Johnson (born Liverpool, England) is an Author, Researcher, Investigator and Lecturer She attended Blairgowrie, Skerry's College and Liverpool University. Since the 1970s she has consulted for NATO, The Department of Defense, The Department of the Army, NASA, Action, VISTA, Peace Corps, White House Task Force and law enforcement agencies. - Steve Schilling
WHAT THE FUCK IS UP? MY NAME IS STEVE 24 YEARS YOUNG ORIGINALLY FROM HAMDEN NOW RESIDING IN BRANFORD. IM A CRAZY BASTARD AND IF YOU KNOW ME YOU KNOW THAT BUT ITS NOT A BAD THING I GUESS??? GETTIN TATTOO'D IS AN ADDICTION I LOVE THE PAIN IT LETS ME KNOW IM STILL ALIVE. I LOVE MUSIC IT KEEPS THE BLOOD PUMPING THROUGH MY HEART AND IS A GREAT WAY TO VENT AND LETS YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS MIXED UP WORLD. WELL IF YOU WANNA KNOW MORE YOU'LL HAVE TO GET TO KNOW ME...... - Michael Hoffort
Michael is responsible for the overall management of operations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Beginning his FCC career as an Account Manager in 1988, Michael previously served as Vice President of Partners and Channels, Director of the Customer Service Centre, Manager of Business Process Reengineering, and has held several other posts within the corporation. Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree from the University of Saskatchewan and is a professional agrologist. - Rexford Tugwell
Rexford Guy Tugwell was an agricultural economist who became part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Brains Trust," a group of Columbia academics who helped develop policy recommendations leading up to Roosevelt's 1932 election as President. Tugwell subsequently served in FDR's administration for four years and was one of the chief intellectual contributors to his New Deal. Later in his life, he also served as the governor of Puerto Rico, a then-appointed position. - Joseph Rock
Joseph Francis Charles Rock was an Austrian-American explorer, geographer, linguist and botanist. He was born in Vienna, Austria but moved to Honolulu, Hawaii in 1907, where he became an authority on the flora of these islands. From 1922–1949 he spent most of his time studying the flora, peoples and languages of southwest China, mainly in Yunnan, Sichuan, southwest Gansu and eastern Tibet. Many Asian plants that he collected can be seen in the Arnold Arboretum. - Hosea Williams
Hosea Lorenzo Williams (January 5, 1926 - November 16, 2000) was an United States civil rights leader, ordained reverend, and later a politician. His famous motto was "Unbought and Unbossed". - Charles E. Woodworth
Major Charles E. Woodworth, Ph.D., (1897-1966), served as a Major in the United States Army during WWII and as an Entomologist for the USDA Agricultural Research Service. - Anthony A. Williams
Anthony Allen "Tony" Williams (born July 28 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is an American politician who served as the fifth elected mayor of the District of Columbia from 1999 to 2007. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for the United States Department of Agriculture and held a variety of executive posts in cities around the country prior to his service in the D.C. government. - Bela Gold
Bela Gold, also known as Bill Gold was born 30 January 1915 in Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania), and was married to Sonia Steinman Gold in 1938. Gold attended New York University majoring in industrial engineering for four years, then attended Columbia University for two years in graduate studies on economics. His name appears on the Venona list of suspected Soviet subversives in the United States, affiliated with the Silvermaster group. - Jerome Offord
My name is Jerome Offord Jr., and I am the Director of Diversity Initiatives at the Association of Research Libraries. I manage the association's diversity initiatives, which include the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce, Leadership and Career Development Program, ARL Academy, and Career Resources.
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