Gus Schumacher (economist)
Gus Schumacher | |
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| Born | August Schumacher Jr. December 4, 1939 Lincoln, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | September 24, 2017 (aged 77) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) London School of Economics |
August "Gus" Schumacher, Jr. (1939–2017) was an American economist and agricultural policy official. He was Vice-President of Policy at the Wholesome Wave Foundation in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was also a member of the 21st Century Sustainable Agricultural Task Force of the National Academy of Sciences.
In 2007, Schumacher, along with 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 Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program at the United States Department of Agriculture is named after him.