Gus Schumacher
| Gus Schumacher | |
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| Occupation | VP of Policy at the Wholesome Wave Foundation |
| Known for | Member of the 21st Century Sustainable Agricultural Task Force of the National Academy of Sciences |
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).
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
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. 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.
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