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Gus Schumacher, born August Schumacher, Jr., currently serves as the VP of Policy at the Wholesome Wave Foundation in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He is also a member of the 21st Century Sustainable Agricultural Task Force of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2007, Schumacher, along with Cathy Bertini, former Director of the World Food Programme and Professor Robert Thompson, Gardner Professor of Agricultural Economics at Illinois, oversaw the preparation of the Task Force Report of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, titled “Modernizing America’s Food and Farm Policy: Vision for a New Direction” (2006).〔(The Chicago Council on Global Affairs )〕 ==Career== Schumacher was a Consultant to the Food and Society Initiative at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan. He also directs the Washington operations of SJH and Company of Boston, Massachusetts, an agri-strategy firm, and serves as the Contributing Agricultural Editor of Food Arts magazine〔 (August Schumacher, Jr., The W.K. Kellogg Foundation ).〕 As former Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services at the United States Department of Agriculture from 1997 to 2001, Schumacher oversaw the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Risk Management Agency.〔(The International Institute for Agriculture Risk Management )〕 He was also President of the Commodity Credit Corporation. Prior to his appointment, Schumacher served as Administrator of USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, worked as a senior agri-lender for the World Bank, and served as Commissioner of Food and Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.〔 Schumacher is Vice President of Policy of the Wholesome Wave Foundation of Westport, Connecticut, serves on the boards of FreshFarm Markets in Washington DC, the Environmental Power Corporation, Tarrytown, New York and GrainPro, LLC of Concord, Massachusetts.〔 On September 22, 2008, he was selected for the 20th Anniversary Food Arts award for outstanding service to the American food and farming system at a ceremony in New York City.〔("Silver Spoon," Food Arts )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gus Schumacher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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