Since then he has been an executive at John Deere and is President of Food Distributors International.
 In 1992, he won the Horatio Alger Award.
 He has been the active in global food programs as well.

In 2004, he joined the Board of Directors of "Digital Angel", which is more of an Internet company.
 He has also served on the Board of Directors of Friends of the World Food Program (currently known as World Food Program USA), a non-profit dedicated to supporting the UN World Food Program and its efforts to end global hunger.
He is a Senior Policy Adviser at Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz, a Washington law and lobbying firm that specializes in representing interests before the USDA and related federal agencies.
Since 2008, he has served on the Board of Directors for Aemetis.
Since then he has been an executive at John Deere and is President of Food Distributors International.  In 1992, he won the Horatio Alger Award.  He has been the active in global food programs as well.
In 2004, he joined the Board of Directors of "Digital Angel", which is more of an Internet company.  He has also served on the Board of Directors of Friends of the World Food Program (currently known as World Food Program USA), a non-profit dedicated to supporting the UN World Food Program and its efforts to end global hunger. He is a Senior Policy Adviser at Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz, a Washington law and lobbying firm that specializes in representing interests before the USDA and related federal agencies. Since 2008, he has served on the Board of Directors for Aemetis.
John Rusling Block