Randy Cook (USA)

Randy Cook has operated a fruit farm in Charlotte, Michigan, since 1975. Over the last ten years production techniques have focused on eliminating synthetic fertilizers and pesticides while increasing freshness and nutritional quality. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree, with honor, and a provisional teaching certificate for high school courses in history, social science and physical science from Michigan State University in 1972. Randy was elected President of the National Organization for Raw Materials (NORM) in 1997. This group was formed in 1936 to analyze the economic record of the United States. The results of that continuing research effort demonstrate the viability of Par-economy as a sound method of generating national prosperity and security for both current and future generations.

Randy has authored 8 issues of NORM’s Economic Report of the Producers and continues to research sound economic practices and policies, the American System of economics, and humanely practical solutions for our local, national and world conditions. He gave a presentation at Utah Valley University's Ethics Symposium in 2011 “Fixing a Broken Economy,” on “American Prosperity: a Timeline and Prescription.” Most recently he has given presentations to the American Monetary Institute (Oct. 2019) and the Eastern Economic Association as well as the Henry George School in New York City (Mar. 2019).