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Lester R. Brown
Lester R. Brown is the founder and former president of Worldwatch Instutute, a private, nonprofit environmental research organization in Washington, DC. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius award," the United Nations 1989 Environment Prize and the Asahi Glass Foundation's Blue Planet Prize, and he holds a string of honorary degrees from universities around the world. Before founding Worldwatch, Brown was Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's International Agricultural Developement Service and Advisor to the Secretary. He started his career as a farmer, growing tomatoes in New Jersey. Brown's books include:
- Tough Choices: Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity
- Who Will Feed China?
- Full House, with Hal Kane
- Saving the Planet
- State of the World, with other members of Worldwatch Institute, published each year since 1984
- Vital Signs, with other members of Worldwatch Institute, published each year since 1992