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Bill Horan
Bill Horan grows corn, soybeans, specialty crops and other grains on a family farm in North Central Iowa. In partnership with his brother, Bill provides leadership to Horan BioProduction, LLC. A former Marine and Viet Nam veteran, he received a BS from South Dakota State University and completed the Harvard Business School � Agricultural Executive Education Program. Bill volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network, and also helped lead the group for the past several years as Chairman before handing the reigns over in mid-2017. He serves on the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank Advisory Committee, Iowa Dept. of Transportation Freight Advisory Committee and is Chairman of the Board of Western Iowa Energy, a thirty million gallon a year Biodiesel Plant. Bill�s life-long interest in renewable energy has been supported by his engagement as a steering committee member of the DC-based Natural Resource Solutions, LLC, a non-partisan group dedicated to developing public policy with a goal of US energy use to be 25 percent biomass-based by 2025. He also serves as a director for the Iowa State Research Park and is a member of the Dept. of Energy / USDA Biomass Technical Advisory Committee.
Carol Keiser
Carol Keiser-Long established and currently manages C-BAR Cattle Company, feeding 5,000 to 6,000 head of cattle in Kansas, Nebraska and Western Illinois. As an agriculture advocate at the state and national level, she is focused on programs and hands on opportunities that expose young women to careers in food and agriculture. Carol volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and is the current Treasurer for the organization. She also provides leadership to numerous organizations including the Farm Foundation, National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board, National Cattlemen�s Beef Association and US Premium Beef. With a degree in Animal Science form the University of Illinois, Carol has been recognized for Distinguished Service to the University and the school�s College of Agriculture, Conservation and Environmental Services.
Craige Mackenzie
Craige Mackenzie is an innovative dairy and cropping farmer from Methven, New Zealand. His farms are situated near the foothills of the Southern Alps on Canterbury Plains. Greenvale Pastures is an intensive irrigated cropping operation that grows several specialty seed crops, along with wheat and rye grass. Three Springs Dairies is a high output dairy farm milking 1050 cows on 320 ha that includes a fully irrigated pasture-based system with additional grain feeding. Craige and his daughter established Agri Optics NZ Ltd., a company that provides precision agriculture tools and services to increase the efficiency of NZ farming systems. Craige volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network, is one of New Zealand�s two representatives to the International Society for Precision Agriculture and is heavily involved in a number of industry research initiatives involving the dairy and cropping sectors. Honored as the recipient of a New Zealand Nuffield Farming Scholarship, Craige and his wife Roz were also awarded the coveted 2013 National Ballance Farm Environmental Award and in 2016, Craige was recognized as the International Precision Ag Farmer of the year.
Cherilyn Nagel
Cherilyn Nagel, along with her husband David and family, grow durum wheat, chick peas, canola and lentils on a family farm in Mossbank SK, Canada. Noted as one of Saskatchewan�s Most Influential Women, Cherilyn enjoys promoting stories of agricultural successes and has been recognized for her efforts and passion for making positive changes in the agriculture sector. Cherilyn Nagel volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and is a former President of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association where she continues to serve as a director. She is training other farmers to share their stories through the �Real Dirt On Farming� program, works with Farm and Food Care in Saskatchewan and has been appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture to Chair the Saskatchewan Agri-Value Initiative (SAVI) and Agriculture Development Fund, focused on creating future growth opportunities and enhance the competitiveness of the provincial ag industry. Farmer - Speaker - Policy Advocate. Learn more at her website: https://www.cherilynjolly-nagel.com/
Daniel Kelley
Daniel (Dan) Kelley grows corn and soybeans on a family farm near Normal, IL in partnership with his two brothers and his son. Dan has a long history with agriculture cooperative systems, providing leadership to GROWMARK and Denver-based CoBank. Dan volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and continues to provide leadership to the Nationwide Insurance and Nationwide Bank boards of directors. With a bachelor�s degree in agriculture from Illinois State University, he has received many accolades and awards in the agribusiness community, including the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.
Joanna Lidback
Joanna Lidback, together with her husband, operates the Farm at Wheeler Mountain, a diversified dairy farm located in Northeast Vermont, where they milk registered Jerseys and Holsteins, manage a grass-based cropping and grazing program and run a Jersey beef direct farm sales business. She was recognized with a Young Jersey Breeder Award in 2016. Joanna volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and has testified in the US Congress on the topic of societal benefits of biotechnology. With an Applied Economics and Management degree from Cornell University and an MBA from Babson College, she serves as a business consultant with Yankee Farm Credit.
John Rigolizzo, Jr.
John Rigolizzo, Jr. is a fifth generation farmer, raising fresh vegetables and field corn in southern New Jersey. The family farm provides products to retail and wholesale markets. John volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and has provided leadership to the Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey and New Jersey Tomato Council. As a former New Jersey Farm Bureau President, his interest and long-time support of free trade was supported by his involvement in 11 international trade missions and engagement in World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle and Geneva.
Mark Wagoner
Mark Wagoner is a third generation family farmer in southeast Washington State where they grow alfalfa seed for four major seed companies. Relying on the alkali bee, a native ground nesting bee, and leafcutter bees for pollination, Mark works with the National Alfalfa and Forage Alliance and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to insure that safe and effective insecticides are available for use during bee flight. Mark volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and numerous other boards addressing water and land use issues. He works diligently to develop and implement coexistence strategies for producing conventional, organic and genetically enhanced alfalfa.
Reg Clause
Reg Clause if the fourth generation to manage the Clause Family Farm new Grand Junction, Iowa. The operation raises corn, soybeans, cattle and grandkids. Reg volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and is currenting serving as Chairman. Reg has extensive experience in business consulting, specializing in business development including feasibility studies, business planning and financial structuring for clients as diverse as biofuels, wineries, meat processing, niche marketing and many more. His work has allowed him to travel extensively around the world to conduct in-depth analysis of agricultural production systems.
Roberto A. Peiretti
Roberto Peiretti is a fourth-generation farmer, with the fifth generation also engaged in the family farm, located in central Argentina where they grow corn, soybeans, wheat, barley, oats, sorghum and sunflowers on eight thousand hectares. With 25% to 35% of the farm double-cropped each year, they are also able to regularly incorporate some pulses and oats as a cover crop annually. Trained as an agronomist, Roberto is a leader in No-Till agriculture systems, on their farm and as an advisor and engineer working nationally and internationally. Roberto Peiretti volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and was a founding member of AAPRESID (Argentinian No Till Farmers Association) and CAAPAS (American Confederation of No Till Farmers Associations). Roberto was one of twenty-seven farmers that founded Bioceres, an agriculture-related biotechnology company. He is actively engaged in the World Association of Soils and Water Conservation (WASWAC) and was recognized as the WASWAC Distinguished Extensions Award in 2016.
Tim Burrack
Tim Burrack has been farming in Northeast Iowa for almost 40 years raising corn, seed corn and soybeans. Pork production is also a major part of his family farm. Tim volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and provides leadership as the Vice-Chairman. He is an active participant in state and national farm and commodity organizations including the US Grain Council, National Corn Growers Association and AgState, an agricultural think tank based in Iowa that was organized to create leadership for Iowa agriculture through strategic visioning, planning and implementation. Tim�s interest in infrastructure as it relates to trade has led to travel in Panama, Brazil and down the Mississippi River to research river, rail and road infrastructure challenges.
Ted Sheely
Ted Sheely raises lettuce, cotton, tomatoes, onions, pistachios, wine grapes and garlic on a family farm in the California San Joaquin Valley. Ted volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and is Chairman of the Horizon Growers (pistachios). He has provided leadership to the National Cotton Council, Cotton Incorporated, California Farm Bureau and Westlands Water District. Ted�s long-standing interest and investment in water availability, quality and use has earned him recognition by the California Water Policy Conference with the Innovative Water Conservation Award.
Terry Wanzek
Terry Wanzek is a fourth generation North Dakota farmer. This family partnership raises spring wheat, corn, soybeans, barley, dry edible beans and sunflowers. Terry was elected to serve as a North Dakota State Senator, providing leadership to the agriculture committee and serving as Senate President Pro Tempore. Terry volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and continues to provide leadership to the National Association of Wheat Growers and the NoDak Mutual Insurance. He has a degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Jamestown College and completed the Texas A & M Executive Program for Agricultural Producers.
V. Ravichandran
Ravichandran is a third-generation farmer growing paddy, sugar cane, cotton, pulses and small grains for over 30 years in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. As a strong proponent of technology, Ravichandran writes for various magazines in Tamil and English, and often fills panel positions supporting the adoption of scientifically proven technologies to increase farm productivity in an environmentally sustainable manner. Ravichandran volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and is an active member of the World Economic Forum�s New Vision for Agriculture Transformational Leaders Network. He is an active member of the United Farmers Empowerment Initiative (UFEI) of India and formed the �United Progressive Farmers Forum� as a tool that helps farmers aggregate their resources and bridge the gap between agriculture and consumers. Ravi was recognized in 2013 as a recipient of the globally-recognized Kleckner Award and was honored with the Indian National �Harit Kranti Award 2016�, Innovative Farmer, for his outstanding contribution promoting the adoption of advanced technologies among farmers.
Mary Boote
Mary Boote serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Global Farmer Network. Raised on a Northwest Iowa dairy, pork, corn and soybean family farm, she had the privilege of serving as agriculture adviser to Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad from 1997-1999. Named as one of the Worldview 100: Global Industry�s top 100 Visionaries and Leaders in Biotechnology by Scientific American Worldview in 2015, Mary has had the opportunity to travel internationally on several agriculture leadership missions that focused on issues as varied as instruction on strategic planning and personal representation for privatized agriculturalists in newly independent countries to learning more about smallholder maize projects to observing the trade negotiation process at the World Trade Organization.
Mary Boote
Mary Boote serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Global Farmer Network. Raised on a Northwest Iowa dairy, pork, corn and soybean family farm, she had the privilege of serving as agriculture adviser to Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad from 1997-1999. Named as one of the Worldview 100: Global Industry�s top 100 Visionaries and Leaders in Biotechnology by Scientific American Worldview in 2015, Mary has had the opportunity to travel internationally on several agriculture leadership missions that focused on issues as varied as instruction on strategic planning and personal representation for privatized agriculturalists in newly independent countries to learning more about smallholder maize projects to observing the trade negotiation process at the World Trade Organization.
Ross Korves
Ross Korves served Truth about Trade & Technology, before it became Global Farmer Network, from 2004 � 2015 as the Economic and Trade Policy Analyst. Researching and analyzing economic issues important to agricultural producers, Ross provided an intimate understanding regarding the interface of economic policy analysis and the political process. Mr. Korves served the American Farm Bureau Federation as an Economist from 1980-2004. He served as Chief Economist from April 2001 through September 2003 and held the title of Senior Economist from September 2003 through August 2004. Born and raised on a southern Illinois hog farm and educated at Southern Illinois University, Ross holds a Masters Degree in Agribusiness Economics. His studies and research expanded internationally through his work in Germany as a 1984 McCloy Agricultural Fellow and study travel to Japan in 1982, Zambia and Kenya in 1985 and Germany in 1987.
Leadership Emeritus
Dean Kleckner
Dean Kleckner served as Chairman of Truth About Trade & Technology from 2000 � 2012, before the group renamed to Global Farmer Network in 2016. Prior to this he served seven two-year terms as president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Before becoming AFBF president, he was president of the Iowa Farm Bureau for ten years. He served on the American Farm Bureau�s board of directors during that time. As a strong advocate of reduced protectionism and freer trade worldwide, Mr. Kleckner was the only farmer on the U.S. advisory team to the GATT negotiations when they began in September 1986 in Uruguay. Mr. Kleckner served on the U.S. Trade Advisory Committee, first appointed by President Reagan, reappointed by President Bush and reappointed twice by President Clinton. In that role, he has attended World Trade Organization meetings in Canada, Singapore, Brussels, Geneva, Cancun and Hong Kong. During his farming career, Mr. Kleckner raised corn, soybeans and hogs on a 350 acre family farm near Rudd, Iowa.
Bill Northey
Bill Northey is a corn and soybean farmer from Northwest Iowa. Bill served as President of the National Corn Growers Association and as the Secretary of Agriculture for the State of Iowa. In February 2018 he was confirmed as the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services at the US Department of Agriculture.
Bill Northey
Bill Northey is a corn and soybean farmer from Northwest Iowa. Bill served as President of the National Corn Growers Association and as the Secretary of Agriculture for the State of Iowa. In February 2018 he was confirmed as the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services at the US Department of Agriculture.
Bob Vice
Bob Vice grows avocadoes in southern California. Bob Vice retired as President of the California Farm Bureau in 1997 after serving seven and a half years as Vice President and eight and a half years as President. During that time, Bob led trade missions to over forty countries in Europe, Asia, the former Soviet Union and South America.
Bob Vice
Bob Vice grows avocadoes in southern California. Bob Vice retired as President of the California Farm Bureau in 1997 after serving seven and a half years as Vice President and eight and a half years as President. During that time, Bob led trade missions to over forty countries in Europe, Asia, the former Soviet Union and South America.
Craig Lang
Craig Lang of Brooklyn, Iowa served as President of Iowa Farmer Bureau from 2001 through 2011. Lang is actively engaged on a family farm that manages a 400-cow dairy herd and tills 1,000 acres of cropland.
Craig Lang
Craig Lang of Brooklyn, Iowa served as President of Iowa Farmer Bureau from 2001 through 2011. Lang is actively engaged on a family farm that manages a 400-cow dairy herd and tills 1,000 acres of cropland.
Dean Kleckner
Dean Kleckner served as Chairman of Truth About Trade & Technology from 2000 � 2012, before the group renamed to Global Farmer Network in 2016. Prior to this he served seven two-year terms as president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Before becoming AFBF president, he was president of the Iowa Farm Bureau for ten years. He served on the American Farm Bureau�s board of directors during that time. As a strong advocate of reduced protectionism and freer trade worldwide, Mr. Kleckner was the only farmer on the U.S. advisory team to the GATT negotiations when they began in September 1986 in Uruguay. Mr. Kleckner served on the U.S. Trade Advisory Committee, first appointed by President Reagan, reappointed by President Bush and reappointed twice by President Clinton. In that role, he has attended World Trade Organization meetings in Canada, Singapore, Brussels, Geneva, Cancun and Hong Kong. During his farming career, Mr. Kleckner raised corn, soybeans and hogs on a 350 acre family farm near Rudd, Iowa.
John Reifsteck
John Reifsteck operates a corn and soybean farm in western Champaign County, Illinois. John currently serves as Chairman and President of the GROWMARK Board of Directors � a farm supply and marketing cooperative that operates principally in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Ontario.
John Reifsteck
John Reifsteck operates a corn and soybean farm in western Champaign County, Illinois. John currently serves as Chairman and President of the GROWMARK Board of Directors � a farm supply and marketing cooperative that operates principally in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Ontario.
Keith Eckel
Keith Eckel raises vegetables and grains in Pennsylvania. Keith was elected chairman of the Nationwide Mutual board of Directors and served as president of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau from 1981-1996. He was named a Pennsylvania Master Farmer in 1982 and Outstanding Young Farmer in 1983.
Keith Eckel
Keith Eckel raises vegetables and grains in Pennsylvania. Keith was elected chairman of the Nationwide Mutual board of Directors and served as president of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau from 1981-1996. He was named a Pennsylvania Master Farmer in 1982 and Outstanding Young Farmer in 1983.
Ross Korves
Ross Korves served Truth about Trade & Technology, before it became Global Farmer Network, from 2004 � 2015 as the Economic and Trade Policy Analyst. Researching and analyzing economic issues important to agricultural producers, Ross provided an intimate understanding regarding the interface of economic policy analysis and the political process. Mr. Korves served the American Farm Bureau Federation as an Economist from 1980-2004. He served as Chief Economist from April 2001 through September 2003 and held the title of Senior Economist from September 2003 through August 2004. Born and raised on a southern Illinois hog farm and educated at Southern Illinois University, Ross holds a Masters Degree in Agribusiness Economics. His studies and research expanded internationally through his work in Germany as a 1984 McCloy Agricultural Fellow and study travel to Japan in 1982, Zambia and Kenya in 1985 and Germany in 1987.
Global Farmer Network
Adriel Dave �AD� Alvarez
AD�s farm is located in a group of small islands called Camotes Islands in Cebu, Philippines. The base farm is 8 hectares of land. They rent an additional 25-35 hectares for corn production. The mission of the farm is connected to community development and the idea of using farming as a tool to help other farmers improve their techniques to get them out of poverty. AD has a degree in Bible and Theology and pursued a call to serve as a minister. Between 2000 and 2010, he frequently visited the Camotes Islands to oversee properties owned by his father-in-law. There he�d seen the relentless effects of poverty. He realized that poverty could be addressed if farming practices were improved. In 2010, his family moved to Camotes. AD saw the tremendous amount of technological resources already available from science that were not able to reach these people. He has tested and demonstrated the impact of technology on his farm, showing yields 10 to 12 times higher than when traditional ag practices are used. AD had a rare opportunity to visit CIMMYT in Mexico with the help of his friends and mission supporters.
Dr. Abdu Aziz
Small farmer who has a beehive and grows walnuts, wheat and vegetables on about 1.75 acres. He is also a veterinarian and a provincial government official whose official portfolio is development of fisheries.
Angela Maria Cabal Barona
General manager of our family farm. 100 hectares of white corn production � implementing a drying and storage system
Anthony Botchway
Farming since 1985 � 3,000 acre pineapple plantation and packing facility, 400 acre mango plantation with packing facilities, and a fruit drying plant. Total workforce of 650. One of the biggest producers and exporters of pineapple from Ghana.
Adotei Brown
Awarded best farmer in Greater Accra region for production of rabbit and grasscutter (cane rat) meat.
Amador Sanchez Garcia
10,000 acre farm � grows corn, alfalfa and agave azul
Atsumi �Amy� Goto
After graduating from Kagoshima graduate school (Livestock management) Atsumi participated in agricultural training in the United States. She studied Agriculture and English Education at Big Bend Community College and studied Agribusiness at UC Davis. She also received training at a goat farm in Maine, Seal Cove Farm. Atsumi currently farms with her father and two older brothers. They produce Japanese Green Tea on 10 hectares using the traditional method, Kamairi-cha. She also grows rice on 5 hectares and has about 20 beef cattle. The cattle are breeding stock and feed on forage and homemade rice silage. Her farm is located on the southern tip of Japan in Kumamoto Prefecture. Atsumi volunteers as a secretary of the Terraced Reconstruction Project which is a local Japanese organization aiming at the restoration of agricultural lands after the Kumamoto earthquake that occurred in 2016. She�s also involved with the Japan Agricultural Exchange Council, which organizes overseas agricultural training for youth from Japan, the ASEAN region and from around the world.
Alice Kalya
85 acre dairy farm � 37 Holsteins, 12 sheep, 120 pigs. Grow 40 acres of maize for silage. Grow organic vegetables for ourselves and a local market. Seven employees
Alanna Koch
Farms with her family on a mid-sized grain and oilseed farm in Saskatchewan Canada. Has been active in farm organizations for most of her career. She advocates more open international trade on behalf of the majority of Canada's farmers.
Alfredo Gutierrez
Alfredo Gutierrez is an agronomist and fifth-generation dairy farmer in the central region of Mexico, where he is in charge of animal health and nutrition, equipment, technology, and crop production that includes a rotation of corn, triticale, barley, peas & rye grass.
Alfred M. Nderitu
3.5 acres of bananas, 9.2 acres rice production, 6 acres on mango plantation. 12 dairy cattle Some horticultural crops � tomatoes, French beans, green pepper, onions, and watermelon - have a modern rice mill.
Annechien ten Have Mellema
Annechien ten Have Mellema focuses on integrated sustainable agriculture as part of a family partnership that raises pigs, wheat, sugar beets and corn in the Netherlands. Annechien is a member of the Global Farmer Network.
Andrew Osmond
Andrew specializes in herbage ley seed and malting barley. He farms more than 700 hectares of grass for seed and a large area of specialist spring malting barley. His farm is a mixture of owned, tenanted and contracted farming arrangements, driven by servicing market demand.
Amadou Sidibe
Amadou is an architect by trade, who invested in creating a high tech greenhouse to bring stable prices to off-season vegetables in Mali. The greenhouses use soilless production, climate control, misting, aluminum screen and water recycling.
Allen Skogen
Diverse grain farm with family members � grow wheat, soybeans, corn in rotation � minimum or no-till; Chairman of Growers for Biotechnology, past president of the North Dakota Grain Growers Association
Arie Sulistyani
Founded a women�s farming group in her village in order to transfer her knowledge of modern farming techniques to others. On her farm, she grows corn, vegetables, chili and horticultural plants.
Andrew Weidemann
Andrew Weidemann farms with his wife Julie, brother Rodney and his wife Andrea in the Wimmera region in Victoria, Australia where they grow wheat, barley, canola, broad beans, chic and field peas, lentils, oaten and vetch hay along with White Suffolk prime lambs.
Benjamin Olumuyiwa Adewumi
Benjamin Olumuyiwa Adewumi has been farming in Nigeria for over 25 years, growing maize, plantain, bananas, cassava and some livestock. Adewumi is a USAID-MARKETS II trained cassava farmer and also a member of the Global Farmer Network.
Bill Crabtree
Bill owns 7,000 acres of arable land in Western Australia at the edge of the Australian Outback, one of the most arid regions in the world. This year he leased another 7,000 acres for 6 years. He grows cool season crops including wheat and canola and has also grown barley, lupins and triticale. Bill has been a long-time supporter and researcher of farmer access to innovative technologies. He�s also a professional agronomist. Bill has maintained a keen and active role in promoting GM crop technology since it was first introduced globally in 1996, but he became a strong vocal advocate beginning in 2004. That�s the year the Western Australian (WA) government introduced a moratorium against GM crops as Liberty Link and Roundup Ready canola were registered through the Australian Office of Gene Technology Regulator. This stopped GM crop development in WA. Bill was an Australian pioneer in the research and promotion of no-till practices combined with GM technology. He is interested in helping with some of the production challenges in Africa created by the slow uptake of no-till agriculture and the challenge of pests, diseases, nutrition, and soil health. He has a B.Ag.Sci and M.Sci in soil nutrition from the University of Western Australia and he has written a book called �Search for Sustainability in Dryland Agriculture.�
Bishnu Hari Poudyal
Bishnu Poudyal grows paddy, maize, wheat and cereals and operates a small dairy near Kavre, Nepal. He hosts visitors to his farm who are inspired by his entrepreneurship and is a member of the Global Farmer Network.
Balwinder Singh Kang
Has farmed for 30 years, outspoken advocate for biotechnology, grows Bt cotton, hybrid vegetables, wheat, mustard, chick pea. Raises cows, goats and backyard poultry.
Bruno Bakasembe Matovu
Involved in seed production for Hybrid seeds for Uganda Seed Company. Grows maize 400 Acres, pigs 800 and 120 cows. 12 permanent workers and 80 seasonal
Charles Chenza
Charles grows 50 acres of maize and 12 acres of coffee and focuses on increasing output/acre. He is also an input dealer and a grain miller. He buys maize from farmers and mills it to add value. Charles is a champion of technology and well known in the region.
Cheng Cunwang
DonDon Farm, is a combination of ecological agriculture and community support agriculture, production and farm management role � promotes Community Supported Agriculture and organic planting.
Chibuike Emmanuel
Chibuike started farming catfish when he convinced a Cable TV network to allow him to use a fallow part of their tower farm for fish farming. It was a creative way to get around the high cost of real estate in the area. He started with one pond, quickly turned a profit and invested in more ponds. Then vegetable production was added to the mix, to grow fluted pumpkin that�s irrigated from the pond water. The farming capacity has now grown to hold up to 5 tons (5,000 kg) of catfish per production cycle. Chibuike has four part-time workers that help him with fish and vegetable production and fish processing. In 2014 he founded the Agriculture is Sexy Network to speak to young people and get them interested in ag careers. He is also setting up a 16 acre mixed cooperative farm to help them get started in farming. Most recently he started championing Peterscoin, a crowdfunding platform to aid smallholder farmers in raising finances as conventional institutions such as banks consider them high risk. He is also innovating on modular integrated vertical farming models which are low-cost and low-tech to help smallholder farmers maximize yield from minimal resources such as land.
Carlos Font
Agronomist. Manages a farm of around 400 ha and also has pigs. He has been planting Bt corn for several years � and prefers it to conventional. Sees the technology value that he has experienced in his farm.
Cheryl Hazenberg
Cheryl farms with her husband Kenneth Bray, who is the 8th generation of his family to farm this land. They milk 70 primarily purebred Holsteins on 96 acres in County Westmeath, Ireland, which is in the center of the country. They employ a primarily pasture-based system. They are also starting a commercial beef herd and looking at other ways to diversify their operation. Cheryl remains active in her family�s Canadian beef farm and in the industry. She was awarded a Canadian Nuffield Scholarship where she studied traceability in beef production. She has held senior positions in agriculture associations, first as Director of Business Development for Eastern Canada with the Canadian Angus Association and currently as Manager of the Agricultural Science Association, Ireland. She has been active over the past few years with the Ag Women�s Network in Canada and is involved in a similar group in her new home. Cheryl is active on Twitter and Instagram, where she is has a 2018 goal to post a positive ag-based photo every day.
Camila Illich
Farm 14,000 hectares with brother and father, grow soybeans, corn, wheat, barley and oats; we are planting 90% of GM corn, and soybean is also 100% GM technology. 32 employees
Csaba Machaty
Family involved in two farms. One is 15,000 hectares and the other is 10,000 hectares � grow corn, wheat, soybeans, oilseed rape. Seed production of all crops on the farms. Use high tech machinery, GPS system, precision farming.
Claude Menara
With his son, manages a 420 hectare irrigated farm. Produces sweet corn for canning and freezing industries, corn for grain (of which 100 ha of GM maize) and French beans. Involved in the development of direct sowing techniques.
Diasso Dramane
16 hectare farm � grows cotton, corn, sorghum and cow pea � leader of local cotton producers cooperative
David Hill
David Hill is a third-generation mixed arable and livestock farmer, growing wheat, barley, canola, grass seeds and other crops in Norfolk, UK. David is a Nuffield Scholar and a member of the Truth About Trade & Technology Global Farmer Network
David Hughes
David Hughes and his partners grow corn, soybeans, wheat and barley in Buenos Aires province and are developing a cattle ranch in Sla Rioja province, Argentina.
David K. Kosgei
PhD Agricultural Economics; 50 acre dairy farm with some steers, 100 acres of hybrid maize production, 7 employees � do contract work for a sugar company
Doyle Lentz
Doyle Lentz grows barley, spring wheat, soybeans and canola on a farm near the Canadian border that has been in their family for more than a century.
Derek Mathews
Farming with my father since 1983 � 1,600 hectares of crops (30 hectares under center pivot irrigation) and 100 beef cattle. In 2005 started South Africa�s first corn ethanol plant with his brother.
Douglas Mbano
Grows cotton, maize and groundnuts, keep cattle, goats and poultry. Farm is semi-mechanized. Planting, picking, grading and baling are done manually.
Eugenio Ariztia
More than 20,000 hectares used for seed multiplication, avocado trees, wine grapes, cattle cows, corn, potatoes and forest. More than 3,000 are under mechanical irrigation.
Evelyne Desrentes
Managing farm finances, irrigation, seed production � 2 farms totaling 1600 hectares � 900 hectares of corn, 700 hectares rotates into durum wheat � pivots and sprinklers for irrigation � 5 employees + family members
Enrique Duhau
Farm 190,000 acres � 108,000 acres of corn, soybean, wheat and sunflower. Soybeans are 100% GM, as is 80% of corn. We raise our own calves and purchase calves for our feedlots. Milk 1,900 cows.
Elisha Lewanika
Eight hectare farm of maize, cabbages, tomatoes. Also have cattle, donkeys, sheep and village chickens
Eve Ntseoane
Eve "Tepsy" Ntseoane is an emerging farmer, raising maize and beef cattle in Kaalfontein, Emfuleni Municipality in Gauteng Province, South Africa.
Eduardo Sekita de Oliveira
Agronomist, 3,200 hectare farm with 2,600 hectares under pivot irrigation � biotech corn and soybeans, garlic, carrots, 1100 cows. 650 employees, 350 fixed and 300 seasonal to harvest garlic.
Enrique Carlos Oyharz�bal
Grows GM and hybrid crops, canola, wheat, oats and barley, soybeans, corn and sorghum, with some crops under irrigation. Raises breeding cattle and rents agricultural machinery. Active with the No Till Agriculture Foundation
Edgard Ram?rez
Edgard is a family farmer, agronomist and advisor growing soybeans, corn, wheat, barley, legumes and sorghum in the northern C�rdoba province. His farm covers 275 hectares. Through the no-till organization Aapresid, and working with the African Development Bank, Edgard leads an international program to transfer sustainable no-till based agricultural production systems and innovative technology adoption to Africa. The Transformation of the African Savannah Initiative is tasked with the export of direct seeding knowledge and machinery. The objective is to transfer the experience of Argentina in sustainable production over 400 million hectares, equivalent to 12 Argentinas that are without production or currently are not well managed. Aapresid decided to start with Ghana, bringing a technical team and machinery provided by Argentine companies. They�re working to successfully grow corn and soybeans.
Eric Stall
Operate a small family farm (240 acres) northwest of Des Moines - Non irrigated at this time but are considering the possibility; raise corn, soybeans, sweet corn for farmers market and some specialty crops for a local company
Francisco Manuel Fernandez Camas
Farmer who manages 3 farms (almost 2,000 acres), including his family farm. Produces corn, cotton, tomatoes, potatoes, sugar beet, sunflower, wheat and chickpeas. Uses innovative irrigation technology.
Francisco Gurr�a Trevi�o
Francisco Gurr�a Trevi�o is a veterinarian, a former Undersecretary of Agriculture and Livestock and Permanent Advisor to the Mexican Corn Producer Association in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico. He is currently the General Coorindator of Livestock for the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA).
Francois Traore
Grows Cotton and Cereals on more than 100 ha and raises over 100 head of livestock, active in farmer organizations on issues involving international trade
Gilbert Arap Bor
D. Gilbert Arap Bor grows maize, vegetables and dairy cows on a small-scale farm of 25 acres in Kapseret, near Eldoret, Kenya. He also lectures at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Eldoret campus and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Kenyan Fish Marketing Authority. Dr. Bor is the 2011 Kleckner Award recipient and a member of the Global Farmer Network.
Gheorge Lucian Buzdugan
Work on 55,000 hectare farm, one of the largest in Europe � actively involved in promoting biotechnology.
Gabriel Carballal
Grant Dyck
13,000 acre grain and oilseed farm � GM canola, corn and soybeans, also perennial rye grass, winter wheat, oats, feed wheat canola, hemp, sunflowers � Variable rate fertility, RTK/GPS and mapping of all operations. 6 fulltime, 22 Part-time employees
Giuseppe Elias Elias
600 hectare farm � grows corn and wheat � 200 dairy cows, uses conservation tillage, leader in conservation tillage organization
Giorgio Fidenato
Grew up on family fairy farm. After college, worked on another farm and for a cooperative. Ran his own fruit and vegetable business in the 1990s. Involved in numerous agricultural organizations.
Guillermo Gastelum
Main crops in the region: tomato, corn, beans
Gerrid Gust
Gerrid Gust and his family raise canola, lentils, flax and cereal grains including durum and soft white wheat on the Canadian prairies.
Georgina Gutierrez
Gina is a 5th generation dairy farmer. Her family farm is in the central region of Mexico, and currently milks 420 cows. The farm has 40 hectares in crops: corn, barley, triticale and rye grass go into silage for the cattle. Gina works with her father, a veterinarian who is in charge of animal health and nutrition; and her brother, an agronomist, who takes care of the crops. Gina has been involved in the operation fulltime since 2008. In May 2015, Gina stepped up to start a Facebook page advocating for the dairy industry. La Vida L�ctea now has nearly 30,000 followers. She recently completed a Master�s Degree in Corporate Law and is part of the Young Dairy Leaders Class. She writes regularly for Ganadero and Hoard�s Dairyman magazine en espa�ol. Gina attended the Committee on Food Security meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. She�s headed back to Rome in November for a meeting on finding ways to serve those who don�t get enough nutrition and help solve issues of overweight and obesity in our society.
Gurjeet Singh Mann
Grows wheat, aromatic basmati and parmal rice, Bt cotton, desi cotton and guar. He embraces new technology including GM crops, and he helps guide his fellow and young farmers with farm technologies.
Heather Baldock
Heather Baldock and her husband Graeme grow wheat, barley, canola, peas and lupins on a 3rd generation family farm on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
Hong �Jenny� Cui
Came home to the family farm after education and work in the UK. Integrated technology, machinery and high yield systems management into growing corn and silage for large dairies.
Hope Pjesky
Hope Pjesky and her family are farmers /ranchers in northern Oklahoma where they raise stocker cattle and hard red winter wheat. Hope has a strong interest in global trade that has been supported by her selection as an Eisenhower Agriculture Fellow and later through a McCloy Agriculture Fellowship. Hope is a member of the Farm Foundation, hosts international agricultural fellows from other countries in Oklahoma and Washington, DC. and provides leadership to the Oklahoma Agriculture Leadership Program. She also volunteered for several years as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
Happy Lungile Shongwe
Grows legumes because they are more drought resistant. Certified seed producer. As her business grew, she purchased processing and packaging equipment and embarked on a marketing program to sell her seed at markets.
Isidro Antonio Matamoros Ochoa
Associate Professor in beef production � farm is 1059 hectares � owned by 4 investors since 2007 � developing 720 cow dairy � 16 employees, 37 contract workers, coffee plantation
Ian Pigott
Ian Pigott runs a diversified farming business in Harpenden, UK. Located just 20 miles from the centre of London, he grows wheat, oilseed, rape and oats in rotation. The farm is a LEAF (linking environment and farming) demonstration farm. Ian is a Global Farmer Network member.
Ignacio Uranga
Agronomist Engineer � active with the National Seed Institute and other agricultural organizations.
Jeff Bidstrup
Involved in three farming enterprises across a total of about 5,000 hectares, growing cotton, wheat, sorghum and chickpeas. Involved with a farmer organization to ensure timely access to agricultural biotechnology. Kleckner Award winner - 2008
Jos� Felipe da Costa de Castro Duarte
Agronomist � farms 3650 hectares, 1000 of them are drip irrigation olive. Co-owner of a co- operative which makes and sells its own oil. Produces wine from a 100 hectare vineyard
Jake Freestone
Jake Freestone is the farm manager at Overbury Farms, located in the West Midlands, United Kingdom, where they grow bread-making wheat, rapeseed oil, malting barley, peas, linseed and soya along with 1,200 ewes.
Jo�o Monteiro Grilo
Farm 130 hectares of Bt maize, Farm is located in a region dominated by small farms. Through the constitution of a Production Zone I could plant 100% of the area (130ha in 2009) with GM corn.
Jorge Heisecke
Director of 2 farms � one with 350,000 hectares of livestock production, the other, 20,000 hectares of GM soybeans, hybrid corn, wheat, canola and eucalyptus. Recently started 200 hectare family farm � 50% arable, no till, 50% forest.
Jake Leguee
Jake and his family farm ~ 12,000 acres � GMO canola, wheat, durum, peas, GMO soybeans, flax and lentils. One of the first farms in the area to grow soybeans in 2010. Now considering corn. No-tilling for 20+ years.
Jim McCarthy
Jim McCarthy, a first generation farmer based in Kildare, Ireland, farms in three continents � Europe, South America and North America - growing wheat, soybeans, corn, canola, peas, oats and dairy.
Jose Manuel Pomarsasot
Third generation family farm - 4,500 hectares � alfalfa, corn, wheat, barley, tomatoes, cauliflower, broccoli � also raise cattle and sheep - grow Bt corn
Jose Maria Pizarro de Melo Telo Rasquilha
Since 1986, CEO of a Portuguese Group of Agriculture enterprises. 3,700 acres, 90% irrigated � olive trees, plums, peaches, cork trees, eucalyptus; corn, wheat, sunflower, oats � 400 hectare under center pivot, 250 beef cattle
Jose Luis Romeo Martin
Fourth generation farmer - 400 hectares �grows sorghum, sunflowers, wheat, barley, alfalfa peas, beans. Added center pivots in the 1980s to grow corn. In 2000 planted 33 Hectares of grapevine and in 2005 built a winery.
Jose Joaquin Rosales
Jose runs a 1200 acre cattle farm that has been the main family business for over 40 years. The farm now produces cassava, corn, beef cattle and milk for the local market. Rosales partnered with a local hydropower developer to build a small hydropower plant on the farm.
Jennie Schmidt
Jennie Schmidt is a third-generation farmer growing grains, vegetables and wine grapes on a family farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The farm�s mission is to practice �synergistic farming� using the best of all farming methods to create healthy soils and sustain healthy food production. As a farmer, mom and registered dietitian, Jennie is passionate about connecting people with food and farming.
Jane Smith
Breeding operation in the sheep and beef industries � export genetics to Australia and Bangladesh. Raise forage crops. Board member of the Veterinary Council of New Zealand and of The Red Meat Partnership.
Jayapal Reddy Solleti
Grows rice, corn, vegetables and cotton and is actively engaged in dairy development in his region. He played a crucial role in drafting the vision statement of agriculture for Prime Minister Modi�s election.
Joas VanOord
Forty-five cow dairy with robotic milkers. Past president of the New Brunswick Young Farmers Forum. A true ag ambassador; the farm hosts many visitors including school groups.
Jim Zimmerman
Farms in partnership with his brother, where he also is a licensed grain dealer. Served on the state Corn Promotion Board and worked in leadership with the National Corn Growers Association�s Trade Policy and Biotech Action Team.
Knud Bay-Smidt
Knud was raised on a 4th generation family farm. After college, he interned for 6 months on a farm in England, then started his own farm in 1987. He grows grains, oilseed and grass seed on 200 hectares and grass for hay on another 100 hectares.
Kornelis �Kees� Huizinga
Manages 350 workers growing wheat, barley, canola, corn, soybeans, sunflower, sugar beets and vegetables; 850 cow dairy, 750 sow pork operation
Ken Kamiya
Kelly Manton-Pearce
Dr. Kelly Manton-Pearce, along with her husband Alan, grow canola, wheat, barley, oaten-hay and sheep in Western Australia. In addition to farming, Kelly is a Nuffield Scholar and Research Fellow with Murdoch University
Kaahwa Jean Rwamukaga
Kaahwa Jean is a fish farmer, entrepreneur and consultant. He is the Managing Director of Shalom Fish Farms Ltd. and Africa Agribusiness Services Ltd. He started as a fish farmer producing table fish, fish fingerlings and offering aquaculture services. He�s engaged in horticulture, dairy and poultry.
Korn�l Vancsura
Farms 3,400 hectares of corn, winter wheat, barley, durum wheat, sunflower, rape, sugar beets and other small crops.
L�cio Alamy
After earning an MBA and working in agribusiness, returned to the family business as a swine, beef and coffee producer. Has launched a branded pork product. Is a co-founder of FarmPage.
Lili Duan
Lili graduated from Sichuan Agricultural University with a Master�s degree in microbiology. She worked for the government, and in 2011 she decided to start her own farm. She farms on more than 800 acres of leased land � fruits, vegetables, and vegetable seed.
Le Thi Trang Nha
Le Thi Trang Nha grows vegetables, melon, bananas and citrus fruits on Unifarm in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam. Nha is passionate about moving Vietnamese agriculture and positively impacting the rural economy as a member of the Global Farmer Network.
Luiz Marcos Suplicy Hafers
Hafers was born in Santos, S�o Paulo, in 1935, and presided over the Brazilian Rural Society (SRB) in the period between 1996 and 2002. Hafers worked as a broker and exporter of cotton in the family business between the 50s and 70s. From foreign trade, he expanded his activities to agriculture, planting coffee in Northern Paran�, first on leased land, and from 1962 onwards own land. Still in the 1970s, it started forestry and expanded its business to the industrial sector, with the foundation of Pisa Papel de Imprensa S / A. He was president of the Paranaense Association of Coffee Growers (Apac) and founder of the managing institution of the Coffee Museum and the Museum of Immigration.
Lorne Hamblin
Farms 2,000 acres � grows soybeans, barley, wheat, oats, canola, specialty beans, grass seed. First planted biotech crops in 1998 � appreciated better weed control, diversified crop rotations, better yields and profits
Lindsay Hargreaves
Since 1993 has managed 10,000 acres of irrigated land producing root vegetables (potatoes, onions, carrots and parsnips) and cereals crops (rye, barley and wheat). The farm employs 100 people.
Les Kletke
Own 400 acre farm in the Red River Valley. The farm is black soil and produces a variety of crops, GMO and conventional. We have grown cereals, canola, sunflowers and pulse crops. It is absolutely flat and worked corner to corner.
Laura Nielson
A third-generation farmer from South Dakota � farms with father and uncle, 3,300 acres of corn, soybeans and hay. 430 cow dairy, and raise replacement heifers. Active in telling the story of agriculture
Liem Quoc Pham
Runs Unifarm, a global GAP certified 1000 plus acre fruit and vegetable farm in Binh Duong province. Grows melon, banana, jack fruit and other vegetables. A respected name among very few high tech farms in Vietnam.
Luiz Roberto Saldanha Rodrigues
Recovered farmland that was degraded because of sugar cane production. Now it grows soy, corn, wheat and coffee � awarded for the best coffee quality in Parana State and Brazil.
Luis E. Rodriguez
700 acre farm in the valley of Jamastran located west of Tegucigalpa the capital of Honduras. Corn (300 acres) Dairy � 280 head, 90 milk cows; most farming is done by machine � including the milking
Larry Sailer
Larry is a fourth generation Iowa farmer. He bought his first farm in 1972, raising corn, soybeans, oats, and alfalfa, as well as hogs, beef and dairy cattle, sheep and laying hens at various times. He currently farms 400 acres of corn and soybeans, with most of the land under no-till. All of the crops use GMO technology in order to make his conservation program feasible. This will be his 45th harvest. As part of his farm operation, Larry considers being an agvocate among his everyday chores. He began giving interviews back in the 1980s during the US farm crisis. Fifteen years ago, he joined the speaker corps of the National Pork Producers. Eleven years ago he joined the Iowa Farm Bureau speaker corps. Then social media happened, and now Larry has a worldwide network that can reach millions of people. He�s passionate about sharing what modern agriculture is all about because public opinion is influencing policy regulations that impact how we produce food.
Lydia Sasu
Lydia Sasu has dedicated her life to improving the lives of rural women farmers. As a family farmer and Executive Director of the Development Action Association (DAA) in Ghana, Lydia.
Louise Staley
3,000 acres of wheat, barley, canola rotation. Canola grown is a mix of conventional, Roundup Ready, Clearfield and IT varieties. No-till, controlled traffic cropping system with full stubble retention. 600 merino sheep.
Levi Wood
Returned to his family farm in 2007 after working in finance as an exchange trader. Raises lentils, wheat, canola and other crops. Family operates aerial spraying and crop inputs businesses.
Michael Allen
Michael Allen farms with his son in the North Eastern Part of South Africa in the Province of Mpumalanga. They produce corn and soya beans on 1000 hectares (almost 2400 acres).
Mesut �etin
Third generation farmer and rancher, veterinarian. Operates 500 head cow/calf business and 25,000 head feedlot; grows forage and grain.
Maria Gabriela Cruz
Maria Gabriela Cruz manages a 500 hectare farm in Elvas, Portugal that has been in their family for over 100 years. Growing maize, wheat, barley and green peas, they use no-till or reduced till methods on the full farm. She has grown biotech maize since 2006.
Maria Beatriz Giraudo Gaviglio
Maria Beatriz Pilu Giraudo is a fifth-generation farmer, who with her family, grow soy, wheat, barley, corn, sorghum and livestock and advocate no-till in central Argentina. Maria has been recognized as the 2016 recipient of the Kleckner Award.
Mike Geske
Farms 2100 acres of row crops (corn, cotton, rice, soybeans � mostly flood irrigated) in partnership with son. Have 3 full time employees with additional seasonal employees. Most crops are genetically enhanced.
Marcos Guigou
Michael B. Jandreau
Mr. Jandreau died on April 3, 2015 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. During his leadership the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe expanded their agriculture development through popcorn, commercial buffalo and cattle herd and selling products under the name Lakota Foods.
Martha Kanengoni
Seven hectare farm of maize, cotton, groundnuts, round nuts, sweet potatoes and sorghum. Four family members work on the farm, up to 5 more people work on the farm for hand weeding and cotton picking times.
Maree McKay
Has farmed with her husband since 1978 - 900 hectares � grow wheat, canola, beef cattle and prime lambs. Organized various GM information sessions for local and regional farmers.
Marcelo J. Merc�
Agricultural Engineer; farm with two brothers. 2,225 acres � wheat, soybeans, corn � double crop production; in spite of hard economic conditions, biotechnology use is remarkably high.
Motlatsi Musi
Mr. Motlatsi Musi grows maize, beans, potatoes, breeding pigs and cows on 21 hectares he acquired in 2004 through the Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development Program (LRAD) in South Africa. He was recognized Oct 17 in Des Moines, Iowa as the 2017 Kleckner Award recipient.
Martin Pasman
Cereal and oilseed producer, potatoes � both fresh and processed, cattle, dairy, and an irrigation equipment dealer. He has been a high value spokesman for the special economic challenges faced by Argentinian farmers.
Marco Aurelio Pasti
Farms 1,300 acres - mainly corn and soybeans - Leader of the Italian corn grower association. Expertise in conservation tillage
Mel Poulton
Mel and her husband Mike operate a 2500 acres beef and sheep business. Their livestock is 100% grass fed. Over 95% of their farm product (lamb, beef and wool) is exported. The business also has a sheep stud, breeding Perendale composite rams.
Mekala Velangan Reddy
27-acre farm � grows Bt cotton, chilies, maize and paddy. Livestock includes four bulls and five cows. Out of the total of 27 acres, 11 acres are under drip irrigation, and 16 acres under flooded irrigation. Four people work on the farm.
Malwinder Singh Malhi
Malwinder is a third-generation farmer growing rice, wheat, potatoes, peas and fodder crops of oats, rye grass, and mustard as part of a cropping sequence on their 25-acre farm in Punjab State, India. He is an active member of the Indian Young Farmers Association. Malwinder has over 30 years of experience working with farmers on the transfer of agricultural technologies in terms of new products and solutions for increasing productivity. He has worked in rural areas of almost all Indian states since 1984 and has worked with the growers of north India for more than 28 years. He�s particularly familiar with the agriculture issues in Punjab and Haryana. Malwinder has rich international experience. He has presented papers at the International Rice Congress in China and the World Rice Congress in Japan. He�s also participated with Nuffield conferences in Australia and Ireland. His mission in life is to serve the world farming community.
Nancy Kavazanjian
Nancy Kavazanjian and her husband Charles Hammer are innovative crop row farmers growing corn, soybeans and wheat in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
Nyasha Mudukuti
Nyasha Mudukuti grows sorghum and maize on a family farm in Zimbabwe. She studied Biotechnology at Chinhoyi University of Technology and was selected as one of 6 young scientists to attend the Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB). She was also the AGCO 2016 Africa Ambassador and is working on her master�s degree in plant breeding and genetics at Michigan State University.
Olga Alcar�z Andrade
Lead a local farmers group whose 800 producers cover 2500 hectares of crops, 2 growing seasons per year � grow maize, sorghum and wheat
Onyaole Patience Koku
Patience� farm is located in Kaduna State Nigeria. The farm is 500 hectares of leased land and produces two crops annually under center pivot irrigation. They grow mostly seed corn for Monsanto and corn grain for major food processing companies in Nigeria, like Flour Mills of Nigeria. Patience has a degree in political science and over 20 years� experience spanning across various industries including fashion and agriculture. She has experience starting and running a 12,000 broiler/cycle poultry farm and trading commodities (locally and internationally) brokering sales for ADM. Patience advocates for access to agricultural technologies. She impatiently awaits the ability to grow GM crops in Nigeria. She serves on the board of several companies including 1 Hectare 1 Family Nigeria Ltd., a company working toward cropping 200,000 hectares of land in the next five years improving the livelihood of small holder farmers by granting them access to mechanization, innovation and technology.
Oliver Ransmann
Became engaged in his father�s farm in 2005 - 400 hectares growing maize and rye. The rest is covered by other energy crops. The crop is exclusively feeding a biogas plant on farm generating a power output of 500kw/h.
Oleksiy Vadaturskyy
General Director of NIBULON Ltd., a company leading agricultural change in Ukraine. Invested in a logistics system for transportation, storage and processing of ag products. Introduced corn production into Ukraine.
Otto von Arnold
Grow wheat, malting barley, rape seed, sugar beet and green peas on 3000 acres. Member of Swedish Parliament, 2007- Member of the committees on Agricultural and Environment, and Civil Law.
Pam Johnson
Sixth generation farmer, with her husband and 2 sons � grow corn and soybeans on 2,700 acres. All seeds planted are genetically modified with traits to improve plant health. Tillage practices include: no-till, minimum till and strip till.
Pierre Kamere Munyura
Pierre Kamere Munyura is a coffee grower and processor, growing coffee on 25 acres in the Western Province, Rwanda.
Pavitar Pal Singh Pangli
Mr. PPS Pangli grows wheat, rice, basmati non-scented, corn, pulses, garlic, onion, mustard and seed production for fodder and seasonal vegetables on a farm located at his ancestral village Panglian, District Ludhiana in the State of Punjab located in North India. Mr. Pangli chairs India�s United Farmer Empowerment Initiative, is a farmer leader of the Borlaug Farmers Association for South Asia and is a member of the Global Farmer Network.
Paul M. Temple
Farms on 400 hectares of mixed arable land � cereals, vegetables and 400 head of grazing beef cattle. He was involved in the UK Farm Scale Evaluation (FSE) trials for GM crops in the country.
Ruben Chavez
Director General of UNIPRO, an organization of 2,000 farmers. Farmers here are progressive and grow mostly yellow corn. They know the benefits of biotech corn, most interested in drought tolerance because it is a dry area.
Richard Dijkstra
Richard Franke Dijkstra farms with his family in Southern Brazil where they grow soybeans, edible beans, corn, wheat, barley, ray grass and black oats; 50% of the soybeans and corn they plant are GM and 100% of the operation is no-tillage. Richard and his brother-in-law also operate a 480 cow dairy and raise 4000 hogs annually.
Rosalie Ellasus
Rosalie Ellasus is a first-generation farmer, growing corn and rice in San Jacinto, Philippines. Rosalie allows her farm to be used as a demonstration pilot for smallholder farmers to visit and learn from. She currently serves as President of the Philippine Maize Federation and is a member of the Truth About Trade & Technology Global Farmer Network.
Richard Fordyce
Richard Fordyce is a fourth generation farmer growing corn, soybeans and beef cattle on a family farm in North Central Missouri. He serves the State of Missouri as the Director for the Department of Agriculture.
Rodney Kili
Rodney is a second generation cereals farmer. He and his father and brother Felix grow commercial maize, malting barley, wheat, sunflower and a little canola. They also have 25 lactating dairy cows and are working to expand their dairy business. They use minimum tillage practices for land preparation with advanced tools that aim at minimum soil disturbance, while improving soil structure and factors like water holding capacity, aeration and infiltration. Soil analysis is a regular farming practice for them. They put in cover crops after the main crop to break the cycle. Crop rotation is practiced using three crops. All farm operations are mechanized and include GPS to operate all the machines, making work easy and efficient. The farm has its own silos and a maize mill. They mill and process maize flour for sale. Rodney is a young farmer, preparing to take over the management of the farm from his father. He�s very enthusiastic about using modern technology.
Rajesh Kumar
Rajesh Kumar farms 120 acres in two regions of India, using irrigation to grow brinjal, sweet corn, baby corn, tomatoes and other vegetables. He sells fresh produce directly to consumers through kiosks at several locations and runs a food processing unit for canning of vegetables. Mr. Kumar is a member of the TATT Global Farmer Network and recipient of the 2012 TATT Kleckner Trade & Technology Advancement award.
Rajaram Madhavan
Rajaram Madhavan grows three different crops a year on his farm near Ulundhai Village, Tamil Nadu, India. Madhavan has several patents for farmer-friendly farm tools, conducts workshops that encourage entrepreneurs to take up agriculture as a profession.
Ruramiso Mashumba
Ruramiso Mashumba grows snap peas, maize, whole brown rice, sorghum, millet and gum trees in eastern Zimbabwe. In 2017 she was recognized as an Echoing Green Fellow and elected deputy of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions, and is the National Youth Chairperson for the Zimbabwe Farmers Union as well as a member of the Global Farmer Network.
Roger Villacorta Navarro
Supervise personal investments in production of corn, cassava, high value crops, and fruits. Involved in advocacy groups; Philippine Maize Federation, Northern Mindanao Poultry Industry Association.
Roger Edgardo Padilla Ramirez
Agricultural Engineer, active in no-till association, farming since 1970 � 400 acres of biotech corn and sorghum - generates 60 jobs
Roman Warzecha
Roman Warzecha grows maize, sweet corn, rape and cherries on a family farm in the Mazowia region of Poland. Mr. Warzecha leads maize and triticale research at Poland�s Institute of Plant Breeding and Acclimatization (IHAR) and is a member of the TATT Global Farmer Network.
Supranee (Kay) Aramtip
72 hectare farm � grows mangoes, sweet tamarind, teak trees. Also finance other farmers to produce 4,500 hectares of maize production and 4,000 acres of mungbean and other bean production
Sergio Luis Bortolozzo
Grows more than 25,000 hectares of soybeans, corn, eucalyptus and sugarcane in different regions of Brazil. Active in agricultural organizations
Stepan Cizek
Cooperative farm - 7,918 hectares of winter wheat, oilseed rape, malting barley, bt corn for silage, sunflowers, mustard, sugar beets � 650 cow dairy, 750 heifers, 600 bulls with capacity for 1200 � 120 employees.
Stanley Dzingayi
Seven hectare farm of maize, cotton, groundnuts, round nuts, sweet potatoes and sorghum. Four family members work on the farm, up to 5 more people work on the farm for hand weeding and cotton picking times.
Salah Mohammad Hegazy
President and Owner of Agrofood Company which produces, processes, packs and exports vegetables � 100 employees and 500 seasonal workers. Farm 3,000 hectares. Five company packinghouses for root crops, fresh vegetables and citrus
Santiago N. Hollmann
Agricultural Engineer � Farms 794 hectares � also rents 12,000 hectares to grow wheat, oats, rye, barley, corn, peas, soy, sorghum, and sunflower. Rents: 28,000 hectares for beef production
Sudhindra Kulkarni
Sudhindra Kulkarni grows GM cotton, pulses and cereals near the rural village of Malli in Karnataka State, India.
Steve Larocque
First generation farmer, runs a controlled traffic, inter-row seeding system on 640 acres of wheat, GM canola, barley, peas, faba beans in rotation; was the first in western Canada to develop a controlled traffic farming system.
Sarah Munalula
Farming since 1990 � grows maize, sunflower, groundnuts, rape and tomatoes. My farming business improved when Pioneer was introduced to Zambia in 2007 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives.
Samuel Kamau Njiba
Pioneer TC banana grower in the region. Active in agricultural organizations. Has represented Kenya in Farmers� meetings in Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa.
Sarah Bloom
Started rose petal farm with her mother to produce freeze dried rose petals for the bridal industry; has also worked in cereal, beef and wool production.
Sarah Singla
Sarah Singla grows wheat, triticale for seed, rape, alfalfa, winter peas and many cover crops on a family farm in the South of France. Sarah is a Nuffield Scholar and member of the Global Farmer Network.
Sujatha Sridhar
Sujatha owns 30 acres of agricultural land in Tamilnadu. She grows organic vegetables, sugarcane, and Bt cotton. She uses some of the organic farming principles in Bt cotton to increase the yield. Sujatha also raises cattle and goats.
Tim Couser
Tim Couser farms with his parents on a family farm in Central Iowa where they grow corn, soybeans, hay, seed corn and seed soybeans along with a cattle finishing operation.
Trevor Gifford
Transformed family business to grow coffee, macadamia nuts, avocados, timber, with dairy and sheep production. Employed up to 1,000 workers at peak periods.
Tariq Zaman Khan
Fifth generation farmer � grow potatoes, wheat, rice and corn on 500 acres. Son does tunnel farming, growing off-season vegetables and fruits. Forty employees on the farm. Irrigate with tube wells. Ninety cow dairy.
Tsosie Lewis
Former CEO of 76,000 acre of Navajo Nation Enterprise by utilization 210,000 acre-feet of water from San Juan River Basin with is part of Colorado River. Now, Managing Manager of Greenstone Agri Con, LLC which provide agribusiness consulting to Famers and Rancher in Southwestern United States and Native American Tribes
Thandiye Myeni
Biotech cotton farmer � 10 hectares � have seen an increase in the use of biotech by smallholder farmers as they battle bollworms. Now more than 90% of local farmers use it.
Thomas Schulz
Took over a farm in the Federal State of Mecklenburg � Western Pomerania in the eastern part of Germany after reunification in 1990. Farm is 650 hectares - canola, wheat, sweet corn and sugar beets.
Vijay Kapoor
Farm 48 hectares wheat, rice, vegetables, pulses, spices, mustard, and fennel with a team of 15 workers. Irrigation through bore wells, canal water and underground pipe lines.
Valentin Petrosu
Agronomist, Farms 500 hectares with his father; started "Petrosu Serv" to sell vegetable and grain seeds produced on the farm. Expanding their greenhouse vegetable production.
William El Bulo
Business can import and fatten up to 114,000 cattle per year. They also produce compost and have 160 hectares of marginal land that experiments with compost usage for many different types of crops.
Willy Kirwa
Dairy farmer who also grows silage, oats. Introduced dairy technology, modern feed rations, and set up a school to train farmers on dairying.
Zhenghong Li
A founder of Dairy United Ltd. With 15 farms in Hohhot and Hailer of Inner Mongolia and more than 10,000 cows. The largest dairy cooperative in China, its model has been widely implemented since the 2008 Melamine Scandal.
Guest Columnists
Bob Bowman
Brian Kelley
Brian Kelley grows corn and soybeans on a family farm with his father and uncles near Normal, Illinois. Brian is a member of the TATT Global Farmer Network.
Cheryl Koompin
Duane Grant
Duane Grant grows potatoes, malt barley, sugar beets, corn, dry beans, alfalfa, wheat and onion seed on a family farm in Idaho. Mr. Grant is a member of the TATT Global Farmer Network.
Debbie Wacker
Joni Kamiya-Rose
Joni Kamiya-Rose is a farmer�s daughter, health professional, wife and mother who grew up on a papaya farm in Hawaii.
John Rigolizzo IV
Lisa Patterson
Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson grows soybeans and corn on a family farm in SE Iowa. He has traveled extensively across the U.S. and around the world to learn more about soybean production.
Paul Rasgorshek
Paul Rasgorshek runs a family farm near Nampa, Idaho. They grow sugar beets, alfalfa seed, sweet corn seed, peppermint, spearmint, garden beans and peas for seed, carrot seed, onion seed, silage corn, and hay on 3,900 acres of irrigated ground.
Tim Recker
Tim Recker of Arlington, Iowa grows corn and soybeans on his farm. He's an ethanol user and racing enthusiast.


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The current New York Review of Books offers an important survey of the newest literature on the terrible Chinese famine of 1958-1962. They title it starkly, "worse than you ever imagined."
Originally published in 2008, the Chinese version of Tombstone is a legendary book in China. It is hard to find an intellectual in Beijing who has not read it, even though it remains banned and was only published in Hong Kong. Yang's great success is using the Communist Party's own records to document, as he puts it, "a tragedy unprecedented in world history for tens of millions of people to starve to death and to resort to cannibalism during a period of normal climate patterns with no wars or epidemics."
Tombstone is a landmark in the Chinese people's own efforts to confront their history, despite the fact that the party responsible for the Great Famine is still in power. This fact is often lost on outsiders who wonder why the Chinese haven't delved into their history as deeply as the Germans or Russians or Cambodians. In this sense, Yang is like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: someone inside the system trying to uncover its darkest secrets.
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Yang conservatively estimates that 36 million people died of unnatural causes, mostly due to starvation but also government-instigated torture and murder of those who opposed the Communist Party's maniacal economic plans that caused the catastrophe. Its epicenter was Xinyang County, where one in eight people died from the famine. The sixty pages Yang spends on Xinyang are a tour de force, a brutal vignette of people dying at the sides of roads, family members eating one another to survive, police blocking refugees from leaving villages, and desperate pleas ignored by Mao Zedong and his spineless courtiers. It is a chapter that describes a society laid so low that the famine's effects are still felt half a century later.
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Women's 5 Shot Rabbit Hunt Returns For 34th Year
Earlier this week I received a phone call from a listener that explained an event that was going on close by for the last 33 years. You would think that after 33 years I would have heard of something like this in our neck of the woods, boy was I in for an education. My new friend Joan Eisemann was more than happy to clue me in on the history and details of the Wyoming Women 5 Shot Rabbit Hunt.
Apparently this was started as a way to placate the women hunters who were not allowed in the Shoshoni Buck Hunt. The Shoshoni Chamber of Commerce came up with the idea of a bunny hunt to include the women of the community. Over the years it has grown and the name changed to the current moniker. Over those years it has also grown beyond the boundaries of the town and even the county and has entertained hunters from around the state and around the nation.
The rules are simple. First, gotta be a woman. Second, 18 or older. Third, license. Then off you go. The contest is set up for a 2 woman team and a judge to go into the field and get as many rabbits as you can with 5 shots per woman. The judge is along for the ride just to keep everybody honest. Hunting is only limited to the distance you can travel, hunt and then travel back in the allotted time, and the competition is fierce, Joan told us about on team that got 10 rabbits in ten shots in 3 minutes(obvious winners).
The event gets started Friday night the 11th at the Shoshoni Fire Hall with registration, a calcutta, live and silent auctions, raffles, a live band and more. Saturday starts with a check-in breakfast, hunting and then the awards dinner to follow, also at the fire hall. There is even a Sunday event to introduce 12-18 year old girls to hunting.
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Photon AU - Midi Recorder with Pad playback & Groove NOTE: You need a suitable host to run this AUv3 midi app (eg AUM, Audiobus, apeMatrix, Cubasis etc). The standalone version is for the manual & file import. Record your midi performances (from a keyboard, sequencer or arpeggiator) using this audio unit in your DAW then save/export them as standard midi files via email or directly to other apps. Load midi files using Airdrop (uses the standalone version) & select your track to import in the AU version. Up to six pads can be loaded with midi file data & played back with variations in transposition, loudness, tempo, parts defined as start/duration You can also load a midi file as a Groove file to allow it to replace midi timing or velocity in your recorded/loaded midi file thereby conforming your buffer midi to the groove pattern (eg trancegate effects) Most controls automated as AU Parameters (quick record, pad controls, pad playback etc) Full 29 page Manual available here http://amssoftware.org/manual/PhotonManual.pdf Iphone version coming soon with universal app
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Upcoming action sequel London Has Fallen might not have as grandiose-sounding a title as its predecessor, Olympus Has Fallen, but it does have cast members Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman and Aaron Eckhart returning to reprise their roles as a Secret Service agent, Speaker of the House and President of the United States, respectively. Although Olympus Has Fallen didn't quite outperform its thematic twin, White House Down, at the box office, its lower production budget makes it the bigger financial success of the two films.
It wasn't long before Millennium Films green lit a sequel and set the production plans in motion, with Fredrik Bond boarding the project as director and screenwriters Katrin Benedikt and Creighton Rothenberger returning to pen the script. Everything was going smoothly, with production set to begin at the end of October, but now London Has Fallen has… well, not fallen, but at the very least been shaken up.
THR reports that Bond, who joined the production just last month, has now left London Has Fallen due to creative differences. Bond comes from a commercials background and made his feature directorial debut last year with indie romance thriller Charlie Countryman, which starred Shia LaBeouf in the title role. According to one of THR's sources, Bond's decision to quit London Has Fallen may have been due to the film's accelerated production schedule and lack of prep time.
It's not the biggest director disaster in recent memory (Natalie Portman-produced period drama Jane Got a Gun infamously lost its director on the first day of filming and was troubled by numerous casting changes), but it's also not exactly ideal for London Has Fallen to be left without a director just six weeks before filming is supposed to begin. That said, Charlie Countryman was slated pretty heavily by critics, so Bond's departure might be for the best.
THR's sources say that Millennium is looking at other possible candidates now and hopes to find a replacement within the next 72 hours. Olympus Has Fallen director Antoine Fuqua is already committed to boxing drama Southpaw and a remake of The Magnificent Seven, starring Denzel Washington, which means that he'll probably be too busy for this sequel. What Millennium really needs right now is a filmmaker who'll be able to put together their own vision for the movie within a very short space of time.
There's not really any chance of rescheduling either, since the release date for London Has Fallen is set for October next year. The filming schedule has already been split to accommodate Gerard Butler's commitment to sci-fi action movie Geostorm, and any delays in shooting would result in an uncomfortably limited post-production window. We expect to bring you news of a new director for London Has Fallen by the beginning of next week.
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Johnson & Johnson's aggressive marketing of the antipsychotic medication Risperdal has caused quite a controversy, especially since they allegedly withheld data about potential side effects such as breast development and stroke.
Upon its initial release in 1994, Johnson & Johnson had a small market for Risperdal, as the Food and Drug Administration said it was not necessarily better than any previous version of antipsychotics, and was targeted specifically for those suffering from schizophrenia . J&J later overhauled Risperdal and branded it as a medicine for a wide range of medical problems. Johnson & Johnson formed ElderCare and prescribed Risperdal even when it was not approved for consumption by the elderly. FDA protested and has reported numerous deaths among the ones who took the drugs.
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►►Scribblenauts Remix now has over 5 million players! Get it now!.◄◄ ►►If you purchased the World Pass or Avatars and can't find them after the update, just use the "Restore DLC" button in Options to get them back - you will NOT be charged for them again! ◄◄ THINK IT! CREATE IT! SOLVE IT! The award-winning, best-selling video game is now available for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Help Maxwell acquire the Starite by creating any object, bringing it to life and using it to solve each challenge. Let your imagination run wild in this groundbreaking puzzle game. Summon to life a 'colossal, winged car' or a 'shy, frost-breathing, robotic hippopotamus'! If you can think it, you can create it. It's the perfect game for the casual player looking for fun and extensive replay with unlimited solutions and different outcomes. Or, the Scribblenauts fan wanting the complete Maxwell experience. Whether you're 8 or 80, the only limit is your imagination! ============================================================================ And, the critics love it! > "Editors' Choice Award" – IGN.com > "A work of utter genius." – Touch Arcade > "A brilliant game." – Wired.com > "Fits splendidly into the iOS catalog." – The Daily > "4/4 Stars. A highly recommended puzzle game for all ages." – USA Today ============================================================================ FEATURES: CLASSIC GAMEPLAY 50 levels to play! Includes 40 of the most popular levels from Scribblenauts and Super Scribblenauts plus 10 original levels exclusive to Remix. WORLD PASS Purchase a World Pass and receive all current and future world expansions - 90 extra levels and counting! If you previously purchased a world expansion, you're automatically upgraded to a World Pass and all future worlds will now automatically appear in your game for free. PLAYABLE AVATARS Re-live Scribblenauts by playing as a different character from in the game. Try out the feature with the free Lifeguard and God avatars! SCRIBBLE PICS Post images of your playground creations and puzzle solutions to Facebook and Twitter and share them with your friends! SCRIBBLE SPEAK – EXCLUSIVELY FOR SIRI ENABLED DEVICES Use the keyboard microphone icon to create objects using only your voice! UNLIMITED FUN Enter the Playground to create objects to your heart's content, playing and interacting in a true sandbox! GOLD CROWNING LEVELS Engage in endless replayability (and earn a Gold Crown for your troubles!) by solving a puzzle multiple times using different words. PLAY ON MULTIPLE DEVICES Use iCloud to seamlessly switch between the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch without ever having to restart your game. INNOVATIVE USER INTERFACE Use the "shake to undo" function to remove created objects simply by shaking your Apple device. CREATE AND SHARE Use Game Center to check out the leaderboard to see how your score ranks and to compare game achievements with friends. You can also post game statistics to your Facebook and Twitter profiles. GIFT THE APP Give the gift of Maxwell to your friends and family! Create what you want and see what happens! Hang out with Maxwell! > VISIT Maxwell:: www.scribblenauts.com > LIKE Maxwell:: www.facebook.com/ScribblenautsVideoGame > FOLLOW Maxwell: http://twitter.com/ScribbleMaxwell Requirements for Scribblenauts: - iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 - iPod touch 3rd generation (32GB and 64GB models only), - iPod touch 4th generation - All iPads
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The first thing I noticed is how solid and well built the Cuisinart Elite Collection 12 Cup Food Processor is. You know how some small appliances just feel flimsy? This is clearly in line with the superior Cuisinart name and standard of quality. It feels substantial, solid and like it's built to last.
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Innovation. In addition to being Cuisinart quality, it's incredibly innovative. They have a patent pending for the way this new food processor seals. The top of the bowl presses on, so there's no twisting, snapping or prying. And it seals tight just by snapping on the lid. It's easy to remove too!
Combining the Cuisinart tradition of culinary excellence with groundbreaking innovation, the Cuisinart Elite Collection 12-Cup Food Processor sets the bar for the next generation of small kitchen appliances. With a 4-cup work bowl nested inside the big bowl, plus the adjustable 6-position slicing disc and reversible shredding disc, it provides home chefs with multiple food processors in one!
The Cuisinart Elite food processor is a 2-in-1 unit that's perfect for any recipe. There are two bowls included: a standard 12-cup size bowl for bigger jobs, and a smaller 4-cup bowl that actually fits inside!! This is perfect for those times you don't need the whole big bowl. For example, think about a recipe like salsa. You need a lot of tomatoes, and a small amount of green peppers or jalapenos. With the two different size bowls, you can chop up exactly what you need without having to stop and clean between uses.
- Solid and well built
- Great name brand, known for quality and innovation
- Versatile – two sizes of bowls and several accessories
- Cord is a great length at 3′ (not too long or too short)
- As I mentioned earlier, probably the best feature of the Cuisinart Elite food processor is the exclusive patent-pending SealTight Advantage System. This innovative system seals bowls and locks blades with an easy on/off locking system that you pops into place and releases easily with the push of a button.
- The SealTight lids are wonderful but it took me a few minutes to figure out how to close it (seriously, I should have read the manual)
- And, I had to read the manual to see how to put both discs in the accessory storage system (another case of user error)
The Cuisinart Elite Food Processor includes:
- 12-cup large bowl and 4-cup small bowl with pour spouts and measurement markings
- Exclusive patent-pending SealTight Advantage System that seals bowls and locks blades
- Easy on/off locking system with push-button release
- Stainless Steel adjustable Slicing disc (1 to 6 mm)
- Stainless Steel reversible Shredding disc (fine/medium)
- Large and small stainless steel chopping/mixing blades with BladeLock system
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- All removable parts are dishwasher safe!
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- Product Dimensions: 10.75″ x 7.50″ x 16.00″
Cuinsart Elite Food Processor storage system stores your accessories neatly and safety.
This handy little accessories stores all of the accessories such as blades, discs and adapters. It's so convenient as opposed to having those sharp things knocking around in your drawer or trying to keep them near the food processor but away from kids!
Keep everything in order and safely in its own place and you always know where it is when you need it! All of the accessories included with the Cuisinart FP-12 series fit right in! There's a place for the adjustable slicing disc, reversible shredding disc, large and small chopping blades, dough blade and stem adapter. The lid and drawer stay tightly closed with just a turn of the knob.
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