^ µ u u î ì í ónaiaweb.com/download/Summer 2017 Newsletter.pdfKang Chol-hwan(born 1968) defected from North Korea: "To my childish eyes and to those of all my friends, Kim Il-sung

Kim Jong Un, North Korea's leader stands in an apple orchard. Roughly 25% of North

Koreans work in agriculture though when harvest time comes on many University

students and the military join in to ensure the harvest is accomplished. Potatoes have

replaced much of the rice in their diet.

Most people don't realize how much the North Korean's worship their leaders:

Kang Chol-hwan(born 1968) defected from North Korea: "To my childish eyes and to those of all

my friends, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il were perfect beings, untarnished by any base human

function. I was convinced, as we all were, that neither of them urinated or defecated. Who could

imagine such things of gods?"

A military friend tells me: “North Korea is our #1 Defense priority today, as it was when I

enlisted in 1971.“

The National Association of Institutional Agribusiness (NAIA) strives to meet the educational, networking,

and professional growth needs of its membership, which is comprised of correctional and other institutional

agribusiness professionals employed by federal, state, and local institutions

I wrote the following article for another publication last year(2016). Due to the increased

tensions between North Korea and the United States the activities mentioned do not continue.

American Farming in North Korea

I ran into an interesting farmer the other day named Troy Rindlisbacher . He runs one of the LDS

Church farms. A little back story - the LDS Church sent a ship full of wheat to North Korea back in the

late 1990's because of the drought and bad harvest there in North Korea and so many of their people

were starving. Then North Korea was having a problem with scurvy so the LDS sent 60,000 apple

cuttings and helped plant them and that turned out quite successful. They have over 2 million apple

trees now in four different varieties due to the education the North Koreans received via the tree

planting operation. Trees are doing well by being hand watered and fertilized with human waste.

North Korea asked the LDS for some help planting alfalfa and setting up a dairy and beef operation in a

remote valley that hadn't really been used too successfully for farming in the past. To accomplish this

the President of the United States had to actually sign off on this operation since working with North

Korea is against United States law. So Troy, an LDS church farm manager from Nephi was sent over

because this North Korea valley is at the same elevation and latitude as Nephi, Utah, to help them get

started. The LDS church was going to send other farmers instead on subsequent trips but North Korea

said to send the same manager because they were used to him and knew him. This farm manager has

been back eleven times and is going again shortly. You can imagine some interesting stories that Troy

can tell. When he first went to North Korea they blindfolded him for part of the journey after leaving

the airport on the ride to the farming operation. On subsequent trips they do not blindfold him. He said

they went through seventeen checkpoints on the way to the farm. Most of the time the vehicle they are

riding in has important enough license plates to get them waved through. Other times they grill him

quite thoroughly at these checkpoints.

Troy helped them plant alfalfa in the valley which North Korea cut by hand with scythes. Troy returned

later with a swather and baler which the North Koreans were very impressed with. Troy mentioned a

large truck the workers will ride on to work which is driven by steam fuel where the riders will feed

wood into a burner on the truck that produces the fuel to make the truck chug along.

Now that they had alfalfa, Troy took over Jersey cow embryos and implanted them in their cows so

they could start a dairy. Lately Troy has been taking Angus cow embryos over and implanting them

into their cows to improve their genetics. That is how I met Troy. I was helping with the breeding

program down in Nephi with my brother who teaches cow artificial insemination (AI). We were doing

AI last Friday and those cows will be flushed and their fertilized eggs will be frozen and taken to North

Korea and implanted into some of the North Korea inferior stock.

It is protocol on the trips for North Korea to provide an official dinner (Troy said the food is horrible

but that could be a cultural thing) when they arrive and then the LDS Americans will provide the

official meal when they leave. Quite a few North Korea dignitaries were at the one dinner when the

North Korea dignitaries said through an interpreter "We have come to understand that you will offer

words of prayer before you eat. Is this true?"

Troy said "Yes."

The North Koreans then said, "Please follow your procedure"

Troy thought to himself, "Is this a setup? They put people in prison for 10 years for leaving a bible

behind in a hotel room."

But Troy offered the prayer before they ate and all was well.

Last year North Korea sent nine workers to Utah to get trained on how to do artificial insemination

whom my brother Kevin McCarthy taught the class in Nephi, Utah. Troy picked the North Koreans up

late at the SLC airport and took them to the Holiday Inn in Salt Lake City for the first night. Troy had

purchased nine rooms but the North Koreans said they will only stay in two rooms. They wouldn't

change their minds. They slept on the floor and the beds. The Inn wasn't too happy about it but that was

the way it was to be. The North Koreans guard each other. Two interpreters are sent, never one. This is

to make sure things are correctly interpreted and that there isn't any subterfuge. They also want to make

sure everyone returns to North Korea. Troy said the North Koreans were very stoic, quiet, reserved and

standoffish when they arrived. Troy took them to Nephi and they viewed the farms and he took them to

various operations and even the Nephi Stampede rodeo. Troy laughs when he mentioned they sat near

Governor Gary Herbert during the rodeo without the Governor even knowing they were North Koreans

The North Koreans took pictures of the alfalfa fields and farms and ate many times with Troy’s family

in Nephi. They stayed at the Nephi Motel in two rooms the entire time they were here. Troy mentions

how the North Koreans became regular people after they had been here awhile. The North Koreans

could see that there were no window dressing, what we have here in America is pretty standard

everywhere. Troy said it was interesting that the nine North Koreans would sit at attention at the meal

and wait for the prayer to be offered before eating their food here in Nephi. He thought they had been

well trained and well versed before coming here.

My brother said the North Koreans were very attentive, polite and respectful while taking his AI

classes. They would stand quietly when they had a question and would wait to be addressed before

stating their question. My brother thought we could learn a lot about respect from the North Koreans.

When the North Koreans left to go back to North Korea they were very emotional having truly become

friends with the enemy Americans. Troy kept on saying how people would get along a lot better if they

could get to know each other.

The nine North Koreans headed back to North Korea via Beijing. The nine North Koreans had to stay

10 days in the North Korean Embassy in Beijing to be reprogrammed before going back to North

Korea

Troy said when he last visited North Korea he saw some of the pictures the North Koreans had taken

while here in Utah and he noticed nice homes and center pivot irrigation systems were photoshopped

out of the pictures the North Koreans had taken.

Any email communication he has with North Korea has to go through the United Nations and then is

sent to North Korea from the United Nations. It cannot go directly from his computer to North Korea.

These emails are viewed by our NSA.

I have an acquaintance in China who I email. I asked him about North Korea five years ago. He said

that North Korea is where China was in the 1960’s. And he said that China is where the United States

was in the 1960s. – Curtis McCarthy

National Association of Institutional Agribusiness

EXECUTIVE

DIRECTORS

Year Ending - Fall 2017

Ross Wagner, MT Corr. Enterprises

President

406-560-1337

[email protected]

Board Term: 2015/16/17

==========

Kenneth Raiford, VA DOC-Agri.

Vice President

434-658-9873

[email protected]


==========

Amy Pataluna, GA DOC-Food Svc.

404-295-8788 (C)

[email protected]

Board Term 2016/17/18

==========

Jim Heaston, CO DOC-Agri.

719-240-00535

[email protected] Board Term 2016/17/18

==========

Fred Hayes, CA Fed. Lompoc Farm

Past President

805-735-2771

[email protected]


==========

David Farabough, AR DOC Agri.

870-850-8758


==========

Roger Clark, TN TRICOR

731-334-2226

[email protected]


NON-VOTING MEMBERS BELOW

Anna Martinez, NM/DOC.

Board Member - Secretary

505-670-8422

[email protected]

Board Term: Appointed Annually

= = = = = =

Stanley Brooks, MS/DOC – Agri.

Board Member - Treasurer

662-745-6611

[email protected] Board Term: Appointed Annually

= = = = = =

Mark McCown, AR/DOC-Agri.

Emeritus

870-850-8453

[email protected]


NAIA Winter Conference

Deer Lodge, Montana

September 18-21, 2017

-Subject to change-

Monday, September 18th

1:00-5:30 p.m. Registration

4:00-5:30 p.m. NAIA Board Meeting

6:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception

Tuesday, September 19th

7:00-8:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:00-4:00 p.m. Vendor Show

9:00-12:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions

12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch

12:00-2:00 p.m. Vendor Presentations 15 minute blocks

2:00-4:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions

6:00 p.m. Dinner Reception hosted by Virginia

Wednesday, September 20th


7:30-9:00 a.m. NAIA Executive Board Meeting

9:00-2:30 p.m. Montana Correctional Enterprises tour

12:00 p.m. Light lunch provided

4:00 p.m. Barbecue

Thursday, September 21st

7:00-9:00 a.m. Prayer Breakfast

9:30-11:00 a.m. Various State Program Q&A with open forum

12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch in Deer Lodge

2:00-4:00 p.m. NAIA Executive Meeting

6:00-8:00 p.m. Banquet

www.naiaweb.com NAIA PURPOSE: “To promote the pooling and sharing of meaningful information; to preserve the integrity of institutional agribusiness; and

to provide the resources for personal development of agribusiness professionals.”

Ross Wagner, Ag Director

MT Correctional Ent.

406-560-1337


EXECUTIVE

DIRECTORS



President

406-560-1337

[email protected]


==========


Vice President

434-658-9873

[email protected]


==========


404-295-8788 (C)

[email protected]


==========


719-240-00535


==========


Past President

805-735-2771

[email protected]


==========


870-850-8758


==========


731-334-2226

[email protected]





505-670-8422

[email protected]


= = = = = =



662-745-6611


= = = = = =


Emeritus

870-850-8453

[email protected]


NAIA Winter Conference

Deer Lodge, Montana

September 18-21, 2017

Companion Agenda

-Subject to Change-

Monday, September 18th

1:00-5:30 p.m. Registration

6:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception

Tuesday, September 19th


9:00-11:30 a.m. Tour of Anaconda

12:00-1:30 p.m. Fairmont Lunch

2:00-4:00 p.m. Fairmont

6:00 p.m. Dinner Reception hosted by Virginia

Wednesday, September 20th


9:00-2:00 p.m. Bus Tour of Philipsburg, Highway 1

12:00 p.m. Light lunch provided

2:00-4:00 p.m. Tour of Deer Lodge

4:00 p.m. Barbecue

Thursday, September 21st

7:00-9:00 a.m. Prayer Breakfast

9:30-11:30 a.m. Tour of Grant-Kohrs Ranch

12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch in Deer Lodge

2:00-4:00 p.m. On your own in Deer Lodge

6:00-8:00 p.m. Banquet





406-560-1337



EXECUTIVE

DIRECTORS



President

406-560-1337

[email protected]


==========


Vice President

434-658-9873

[email protected]


==========


404-295-8788 (C)

[email protected]


==========


719-240-00535


==========


Past President

805-735-2771

[email protected]


==========


870-850-8758


==========


731-334-2226

[email protected]





505-670-8422

[email protected]


= = = = = =



662-745-6611


= = = = = =


Emeritus

870-850-8453

[email protected]


May 12, 2017 Greetings from Big Sky Country, Montana, Montana Correctional Enterprises, one of eight divisions within the Montana Department of Corrections, will host the National Association of Institutional Agribusiness Winter Conference at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort September 18-21, 2017.

The Montana Correctional Enterprises (MCE) Division provides vocational education and on-the-job training and work experience to inmates in industry, vocational and agricultural programs. Inmates working in these programs develop marketable job skills, a strong work ethic and self-esteem through a feeling of pride in their accomplishments, often for the first time in their lives. In addition, inmates earn a wage to pay their victim restitution and court ordered fines, and to save money for their release.

The MCE Agriculture programs include range and dairy cattle, crops, a milk processing plant, lumber mill, wildland fire fighting and community work programs. The programs are set in Western Montana’s Deer Lodge Valley on 38,000 acres of ranchland surrounding Montana State Prison. MCE employs 75 civilians and provides daily training for 500 inmates at Montana State Prison and Montana Women’s Prison.

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort (fairmontmontana.com) is located in Fairmont, Montana, 30 miles from Deer Lodge. The room rate is $94.00 plus tax for a single and $109.00 for a double. Call 800-332-3272 and mention NAIA to get these special rates. Fairmont is well known for its pools fed by a virtually unlimited supply of natural hot spring water, cooled to various temperatures for comfort and maximum enjoyment. Native Americans traditionally consider hot springs to be medicinal and many people to this day swear by the healing powers of natural hot springs.

MCE is planning a great conference starting Monday, September 18th through Thursday, September 21st, so plan a great vacation by coming a little early and staying a few days later. You will be within a short driving distance of many local sites in nearby communities of Deer Lodge, Butte or Philipsburg and within an easy day’s drive of both Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks.

There are a number of airports to fly into near Fairmont including Butte (10 miles), Helena (90 miles), Missoula (110 miles) and Bozeman (105 miles).

This is your opportunity to participate and be involved at the National level with AgBusiness and Food Operations decision makers across the United States. Come learn, grow and see how all of our State’s operations can make a difference.

All of us at MCE look forward to seeing you in September in Montana’s beautiful Deer Lodge Valley. I will get more specific information out soon and am available at any time to answer questions. Ross Wagner, MCE Agriculture Director and 2017 NAIA Conference Host 406-846-1320 ext. 2322 406-560-1337 [email protected]





406-560-1337

Documents

^ µ u u î ì í ónaiaweb.com/download/Summer 2017 Newsletter.pdfKang Chol-hwan(born 1968) defected from North Korea: "To my childish eyes and to those of all my friends, Kim Il-sung