Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University

Food & Drink Weekly, Sept 23, 2002

Dan Glickman, the former secretary of Agriculture and the current director of the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, has joined the board of directors of Green Circle Organics, a producer of premium organic beef products based in Washington, Virginia. Glickman held the position of U.S.

Secretary of agriculture from 1995-2001 and served 18 years on Congress as a representative from Kansas. He has had one of the longest tenures of any Agriculture Secretary in modem history and has led the USDA during a time of tremendous challenge and transition for America's farming communities. Glickman was instrumental in leading the implementation strategy for the National Organic Standards Act.