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Kent Whealy
Kent Whealy (born 1946) is an American activist, journalist and philanthropist who co-founded Seed Savers Exchange and has promoted organic agriculture and the saving of heirloom seeds.〔(Genetic erosion threatens crop strains ), by Greg Smith, Los Angeles Times, May 7, 1989.〕 Raised in Wellington, Kansas he was inspired by the works of agricultural geneticists Jack Harlan and H.Garrison Wilkes to use his training in communications to promote the protection of genetic diversity in agriculture.〔(Saving of Seeds of the World ), by Kent Whealy, Earth Island Journal, 1999.〕 ==Career== Kent Whealy graduated from the University of Kansas in 1969〔(Seeds Savers Week Proclamation ), Office of the Mayor of Lawrence, Kansas, April 19, 2005.〕 with a degree in journalism.〔(The Plowboy Interview Kent Whealy ), Mother Earth News, January/February 1982.〕 He started a family garden in 1975 which through various land acquisitions he helped developed into the Heritage Farm〔(Food Ark ), by Charles Sieber, National Geographic Magazine, July 2011.〕 six miles north of Decorah, Iowa growing nearly 2,000 varieties of vegetables.〔Seeds of promise, by Alan Pell Crawford, Vegetarian Times, April 1, 2005.〕 In 1990 Whealy received a Fellowship from the MacArthur Fellows Program for his work in agriculture.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meet the 1990 MacArthur Fellows )〕
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