Ben T. Shomshor

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Gender Male
Industry Government
Occupation Retired burocrat
Location Olympia, Washington , United States
Introduction Aging Babyboomer and now-retired Burocrat blogging on Food, Agriculture, and Opinions about those things and others.
Interests Food, Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Politics, Development Economics, Central and East European Studies, International Relations
Favorite Music Piano jazz, incl. Brubeck, Silver, Basie, et al. Baroque, Byzantine chant, Russian Court sacred choral music, Klezmer, Irish
Favorite Books Favourite? Maybe not, but certainly with an outsized influence. Swiss Family Robinson, Around the World in 80 Days, Time-Life Cooking of Vienna's Empire, Darkness at Noon, Freddy the Pig series by Walter Brooks, Bulfinch's Mythology, Kalistos Ware's The Orthodox Church.

How can access to agricultural credit be made more equitable for small producers?