Joining the agriblogging ranks is Rich Schell, author, attorney and writer on food and agriculture from the Chicago area. Rich is “the immediate past president of The Chicago Farmers, taught Law for Illinois Agricultural Entrepreneurs at Joliet Junior College and has spoken at the Illinois Organic Production Conference, Illinois Specialty Growers, World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Organic Trade Association.”

You can find him at Schellacres.com where he’s written a very nice post about yours truly. Thanks Rich. Here’s a line from that post that shows me he “gets it.” It’s a great time because just as farm demographics are shrinking media options are expanding dramatically, and broadband access is expanding across rural regions.

He’s also getting ready to start podcasting and when he does I’ll let you know. We’ve been chatting about this new media thing for a while now and I’m glad to see him launching off into the blogosphere. Here’s a little bit more about Rich.

He grew up in Polo, Illinois as part of a farm family and focuses his law practice on the agricultural, food and publishing industries, counseling clients on intellectual property, immigration and international business transactions, among other matters. He started Schellacres.com as a way to connect agricultural and food entrepreneurs, green, biofuel, and fiber businesses, as well as international agribusinesses, with the business and legal expertise needed to help their enterprises grow.