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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] [Fwd: [SANET-MG] Jim Riddle Offers to Serve in Obama USDA]
  • Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:29:19 -0500

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [SANET-MG] Jim Riddle Offers to Serve in Obama USDA
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:46:11 -0800
From: Chrys Ostrander <chrys@THEFUTUREISORGANIC.NET>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

Folks,

Jim Riddle has expressed his willingness to serve in the Obama
administration in the USDA. Below is a brief bio. Definitely a name
to be added to any list of potential USDA appointees.

Chrys

JAMES ALAN RIDDLE
Jim Riddle [February 16, 1956] has worked his entire adult life in
public service, dedicated to environmental protection and economic
opportunity through the advancement of organic agriculture. Over the
past 28 years, he has been an organic farmer, gardener, inspector,
educator, policy analyst, author, activist, and avid organic eater.
He and his wife, Joyce, live off the grid, producing all of their
power from the sun, wind, and woods, living in an owner-built, energy
efficient earth-sheltered home. They raise a huge garden and put up
much of their own food. Jim was founding chair of the International
Organic Inspectors Association, (IOIA), and co-author of the
IFOAM/IOIA International Organic Inspection Manual, which has been
translated into 5 languages and is used as the definitive text for
the training of organic inspectors worldwide. Since 1991, he has
trained hundreds of organic inspectors throughout the world. He
developed standardized organic certification and inspection forms,
which are used by numerous USDA-accredited certification agencies.

Jim Riddle served on the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's
Organic Advisory Task Force since 1991, and was instrumental in
passage of Minnesota's landmark organic certification cost-share
program, which is now included in the 2008 Farm Bill. He served 4
years as an elected Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor,
and was a delegate for Jesse Jackson to the 1988 Democratic National
Convention. He has been a member of the National Farmers Union since
1986. In 1987, he was founding president of the Winona Farmers Market
Association, and continues his work on local food systems as founding
chair and member of the Winona County Economic Development Authority.

Since January 2006, Jim Riddle has worked as the University of
Minnesota's Organic Outreach Coordinator. He chairs the Leadership
Team for eOrganic, a national multi-university Extension Service
initiative developing electronic resources for organic farmers,
researchers, and Extension Agents. He is a frequent speaker at
agricultural conferences, and works closely with numerous State
Departments of Agriculture, conducting training courses and providing
resources for State employees. He is former chair of the USDA's
National Organic Standards Board, and is a leading voice for organic
agriculture and local food systems.


This message originated from or was forwarded by:
Chrys Ostrander
Chrysalis Farm @ Tolstoy
Organic Micro-permaculture
33495 Mill Canyon Rd.
Davenport, WA 99122
509-725-0610
chrys@thefutureisorganic.net
http://www.thefutureisorganic.net

"From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs"
Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc - "The organization of work" 1839
Karl Marx - "Critique of the Gotha Program" 1875

"The purpose of agriculture is not the production of food, but the
perfection of human beings"
Masanobu Fukuoka (February 2, 1913 - August 16, 2008) - "One Straw
Revolution" 1978

"We will never have an organic future and a stable climate until we
pull all the troops out of Iraq
and redirect our annual $650 billion military budget to greening the
economy and guaranteeing
a sustainable environment and economic justice for everyone."
Ronnie Cummins, National Director, Organic Consumers Association
at the "Farms Not Arms" public forum and protest in Manhattan, September, 2007

Please consider making a contribution towards my sustainable
agriculture organizing work.
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Thank you.





  • [permaculture] [Fwd: [SANET-MG] Jim Riddle Offers to Serve in Obama USDA], Lawrence F. London, Jr., 11/16/2008

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