Creating Abundance : Visionary Entrepreneurs of Agriclture

Drache, Hiram M.

ISBN 10: 0813432081 / ISBN 13: 9780813432083

Edité par Hobar Publications, 2004

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• Titre: Creating Abundance : Visionary Entrepreneurs of Agriclture
• Éditeur: Hobar Publications
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0813432081
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780813432083
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Good
• Poids: 1,609 livre

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Synopsis

In the book?s forward, Ray Goldberg, Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business emeritus, Harvard University, writes, "It is impossible to do justice to the unique contribution of the entrepreneurs of agriculture whose accomplishments Dr. Drache recounts in Creating Abundance. These leaders, together with their extended families, are continuing to change the structure of the U.S. agribusiness system from genetic inputs to sophisticated, healthy, and nutritious food products to the development of functional food, nutriceuticals, pharmaceuticals, fiber, and energy."

"As did the vision before them, these entrepreneurs of the new century are providing ways to assure the consumer of consistency, quality, and safety using expertise that can trace animals and crops from the gene to the final product (they) keep the U.S. agribusiness/agriceutical system competitive in a global marketplace."

À propos de l?auteur

After serving in the Air Force as a combat navigator on bombing missions in the European Theater of Operations of World War II, Hiram Drache earned degrees at Gustavus Adolphus College, the Unversity of Minnesota, and the University of North Dakota. During his college years he worked in the family truck line and other businesses and later taught high school. He married Ada Nelson in 1948 and in 1950 the couple purchased their first farm. They were involved in farming until 1981 when the home farm was sold and the others were leased out. He started his career at Concordia College in 1952 and in 1991 became Historian-in-Residence. He has written fifteen books and has contributed to eight others. He has also written more than fifty articles chiefly on contemporary agriculture and/or agricultural history. That writing lead to a speaking career with over 1,000 engagements in thirty-six states, the District of Columbia, six provinces in Canada, plus Australia, Germany and Norway.