Frank Ford (farmer)
(2) Ford has worn many hats: Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets commander, founder of Arrowhead Mills, social and political activist, environmentalist, and organizer for the Campus Crusade for Christ.
(3) In 2008, health problems forced Ford to withdraw from a bid to unseat Republican U.S. Representative Darrell Issa in California.Jesse Frank Ford, known as Frank Ford (born ca. 1933), was a Texas farmer and health-foods advocate who in 1960 founded Arrowhead Mills, the largest natural foods wholesaler in the United States. The company is based in Hereford, the seat of Deaf Smith County west of Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle. Arrowhead Mills removes impurities from corn and wheat and farms without pesticides.
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