Robert Rodale (1930 to 1990) was an American publisher who served as president and chief executive officer of Rodale, Inc., the company his father J. I. Rodale founded in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in 1930. An adherent of organic farming, regenerative agriculture and gardening, he led a publishing house focused on health, wellness and lifestyle books and magazines that carried his father's organic farming advocacy forward.
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Defining ContributionLed Rodale Press (now Rodale Inc) as an advocate for organic farming, regenerative agriculture and gardening, carrying forward the organic farming movement his father J. I. Rodale founded. 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Robert Rodale (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEarly life and education section, first sentence
Rodale was born in Manhattan, New York City, on March 27, 1930 to J. I. Rodale and Anna Andrews Rodale.
Death section, first sentence
On September 20, 1990, Rodale was killed in an auto accident in Moscow while in the Soviet Union to establish a Russian language edition of The New Farmer, one of several Rodale Press publications devoted to chemical-free farming.
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Robert David Rodale (Cohen) (March 27, 1930 - September 20, 1990) was an American publisher who was president and chief executive officer of Rodale, Inc., a company founded in 1930 by his father J. I. Rodale in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
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Rodale was an adherent of organic farming, regenerative agriculture, and gardening and a publisher focused on health and wellness lifestyle magazines and books.
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