On today’s episode, Ron interviews Mark Ritchie about his journey from California’s cooperative food movement in the 1970s to Minnesota’s elected Secretary of State from 2007 to 2015, and everything in between. They chat about food to consumer and the definitions of natural and local foods. And, Mark talks about why his focus shifted from food to policy.
Mark is the former president of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and is credited as one of the founders of the cooperative food movement in California. He led the Center for Rural Studies from 1974 to 1979.
The interview was conducted on Nov. 21, 2016.
Links this episode:
National Sustainable Agriculture Oral History Archive (video link)
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
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