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-In September 2009 US President [[Barack Obama]] announced that he had appointed Beachy as the first director of a new federal agriculture agency, the [[National Institute of Food and Agriculture]] (NIFA), a US Department of Agriculture agency. Beachy took up his post on October 5, 2009. According to a report in the St. Louis Business Journal:
+In September 2009 US President [[Barack Obama]] announced that he had appointed Beachy as the first director of a federal agriculture agency, the [[National Institute of Food and Agriculture]] (NIFA), part of the US Department of Agriculture. Beachy took up his post on October 5, 2009. According to a report in the St. Louis Business Journal:
 :The new agency will award competitive grants to fund research and technological innovations aimed at making agriculture more productive, environmentally sustainable and economically viable.<ref>Kelsey Volkmann, [http://gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/11531-more-monsanto-men-joining-obama-administration Beachy joining Obama administration], St. Louis Business Journal, September 24 2009, accessed 24 Sept 2009</ref>

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 Beachy was a member of the Biology Department at Washington University in St. Louis from 1978-1991.<ref>[http://www.ibioseminars.org/beachy/bio.shtml Speaker biography: Roger Beachy], www.ibioseminars.org, acc 27 Aug 2010</ref>
-In the Danforth Center's 2009 Annual Report Beachy is listed as a trustee (along with [[Peter Raven]]) and as a member of the scientific advisory board (along with [[Jonathan Jones]]).<ref>[http://www.danforthcenter.org/documents/annual_report_2009.pdf Donald Danforth Center 2009 Annual Report], p35</ref>
+In the Danforth Center's 2009 Annual Report Beachy is listed as a trustee (along with [[Peter Raven]]) and as a member of the scientific advisory board (along with [[Jonathan Jones]] and [[Monsanto]] CEO [[Hugh Grant]]).<ref>[http://www.danforthcenter.org/documents/annual_report_2009.pdf Donald Danforth Center 2009 Annual Report], p35</ref>
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-:On assuming his new role as NIFA director, Beachy will become vice chairman of the [[Donald Danforth Plant Science Center|Danforth center]]'s board of trustees, a move that was originally scheduled to occur in July 2010.<ref>Kelsey Volkmann, [http://gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/11531-more-monsanto-men-joining-obama-administration Beachy joining Obama administration], St. Louis Business Journal, September 24 2009, accessed 24 Sept 2009</ref>
+:On assuming his new role as NIFA director, Beachy will become vice chairman of the [[Donald Danforth Plant Science Center|Danforth Center]]'s board of trustees, a move that was originally scheduled to occur in July 2010.<ref>Kelsey Volkmann, [http://gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/11531-more-monsanto-men-joining-obama-administration Beachy joining Obama administration], St. Louis Business Journal, September 24 2009, accessed 24 Sept 2009</ref>
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	Beachy was a member of the Biology Department at Washington University in St. Louis from 1978-1991.<ref>[http://www.ibioseminars.org/beachy/bio.shtml Speaker biography: Roger Beachy], www.ibioseminars.org, acc 27 Aug 2010</ref>		Beachy was a member of the Biology Department at Washington University in St. Louis from 1978-1991.<ref>[http://www.ibioseminars.org/beachy/bio.shtml Speaker biography: Roger Beachy], www.ibioseminars.org, acc 27 Aug 2010</ref>
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		+	In the Danforth Center's 2009 Annual Report Beachy is listed as a trustee (along with [[Peter Raven]]) and as a member of the scientific advisory board (along with [[Jonathan Jones]]).<ref>[http://www.danforthcenter.org/documents/annual_report_2009.pdf Donald Danforth Center 2009 Annual Report], p35</ref>

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-In September 2009 US President [[Barack Obama]] announced that he had appointed Beachy as the first director of a new federal agriculture agency, the [[National Institute of Food and Agriculture]] (NIFA), a US Department of Agriculture agency. Beachy was to take up his post on October 5, 2009. According to a report in the St. Louis Business Journal:
+In September 2009 US President [[Barack Obama]] announced that he had appointed Beachy as the first director of a new federal agriculture agency, the [[National Institute of Food and Agriculture]] (NIFA), a US Department of Agriculture agency. Beachy took up his post on October 5, 2009. According to a report in the St. Louis Business Journal:
 :The new agency will award competitive grants to fund research and technological innovations aimed at making agriculture more productive, environmentally sustainable and economically viable.<ref>Kelsey Volkmann, [http://gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/11531-more-monsanto-men-joining-obama-administration Beachy joining Obama administration], St. Louis Business Journal, September 24 2009, accessed 24 Sept 2009</ref>

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 He was the founding president of the [[Donald Danforth Plant Science Center]], which was established by [[Monsanto]] and academic partners, including [[Peter Raven]]'s Missouri Botanical Garden. The Center was launched with a $70-million pledge from Monsanto, which also donated the Center&#39;s 40-acre tract of land, near Monsanto's home town of St. Louis, valued at $11.4 million. As of August 2010 he still runs a laboratory there.<ref>[http://www.danforthcenter.org/science/laboratories/Roger_Beachy/ Roger Beachy], Donald Danforth Center website, acc 27 Aug 2010</ref>
-Beachy is also a Professor in the Department of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis.
+Beachy was a member of the Biology Department at Washington University in St. Louis from 1978-1991.<ref>[http://www.ibioseminars.org/beachy/bio.shtml Speaker biography: Roger Beachy], www.ibioseminars.org, acc 27 Aug 2010</ref>
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-Dr '''Roger Beachy''' is the founding president of the [[Donald Danforth Plant Science Center]], which was established by [[Monsanto]] and academic partners, including [[Peter Raven]]'s Missouri Botanical Garden. The Center was launched with a $70-million pledge from Monsanto, which also donated the Center&#39;s 40-acre tract of land, near Monsanto's home town of St. Louis, valued at $11.4 million.
+Dr '''Roger Beachy''' is is the Director of the National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA), part of the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.<ref>[http://www.danforthcenter.org/science/laboratories/Roger_Beachy/ Roger Beachy], Donald Danforth Center website, acc 27 Aug 2010</ref>
 Beachy is also Professor in the Department of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis.