Josh Hinerfeld: Citizen Reporter

Josh Hinerfeld is the CEO of Organically Grown Company, a distributor of organic produce based in Eugene, Washington. He is also a director of Hoyt Arboretum Friends in Portland, OR; a member of the Oregon Food Bank's food producement committee; a small-scale (orchard mason) bee farmer; and a gardener with nearly 40 years experience.

Experience

Josh has been active in food and agriculture for over 20 years in a variety of roles (general management, strategy, finance, supply chain management, and operations) both in the United States and internationally. He is a five-time participant at the Harvard Business School Agribusiness Seminar, where he can be counted on to provide an unconventional perspective that is grounded in the experience of having worked for and with a number of conventional businesses.

Previous roles include: 1) owner of Cambium Strategy; 2) division president of AmeriServe Food Distribution; 3) Sr. Director of Supply Chain Management for Yum Brands Canada; and 4) General Manager of PepsiCo Food Systems Canada. In the early 1990s, he developed the Smart Sourcing strategy that ultimately resulted in the consolidation and upgrading of the supply chain management activities for Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell worldwide.

Josh earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and A.B. in history at Vassar College.


Posts By This Author

  • White House School Garden Project: Open Letter to the New Mom-in-Chief

    Dear Ms. Obama:

    What will be your first order of business as "Mom-in-Chief"? Here's a suggestion: invite Malia's and Sasha's classmates to plant an organic garden at the White House. Think of the lessons that your children and their classmates will reap.

    There can be no grain without pain.

    Digging up turf and prepping soil is hard work. Success in the garden is a direct function of the effort that went into creating and sustaining a hospitable environment for plants.

    Addressing challenges requires a systems approach to problem solving.
    Contrary to popular myth, the most successful organic growers think and act like scientists. They try to emulate not annihilate natural processes.

    Humility is one crop that keeps on giving.

    When Malia, Sasha and their classmates lose their first crop of peas to _________ (fill in the blank), they'll never forget that experience. ...read full post


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