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 = | 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.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hwcAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 "Organic Agriculture Pioneer Receives 'Genius' Award"], ''Vegetarian Times'', Oct 1988</ref><ref>[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</ref>

==Life and work== He graduated from the University of Illinois with a PhD in Political Science in 1971.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He taught at Southwest Missouri State University, where he was chairman of the Political Science department until 1981.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>[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</ref> He was a member of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Study Team for Organic Farming,<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19791112&id=dkgRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E4sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5029,1696819 ''The Free Lance-Star''] Nov 12, 1979</ref> and Organic Resources Coordinator, for the USDA.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> He lost his job during the Ronald Reagan administration transition.<ref>[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</ref><ref>[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}}</ref> He was a specialist with the Maryland Environmental Service.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He supported the Organic Farming Research Foundation.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==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}} *[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

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==External links== *[https://www.nal.usda.gov/farms-and-agricultural-production-systems/sustainable-agriculture/sustainable-agriculture-oral-history-series 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"]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Organic Cooking''

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