Paul Johnson truly was a man ahead of his time, but his influence lives on.
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Paul Johnson
Paul W. Johnson, the former head of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources after that, passed away on Feb. 15 at age 79. He influenced many farmers and nonfarmers alike with his conservation-minded approach to agriculture.
Just last month my Farm and Ranch Life article reviewed Johnson’s thoughts, as well as those of three other panelists (including me) that were presented at the 1991 conference of the National Association for Rural Mental Health. The panel discussed sustainable and conventional agriculture, research about these methods of farming and implications for the mental well-being of agricultural people and their rural communities.