Rodale was an adherent of organic farming, regenerative agriculture, and gardening and a publisher focused on health and wellness lifestyle magazines and books.
[4] In the 1970s, Robert Rodale played a major role in getting the Pennsylvania state government's attention through his Cornucopia Project, which stimulated the publication of state-level analyses of how readily local demand could be met by local supply.
At a time of increasing energy prices, a new emphasis on eating local became his platform for a more sustainable way of engaging with his community.
[1][2] Rodale competed in the 1968 Olympics in skeet shooting[5] and was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1991.
[5] Rodale met his wife, Ardath Harter, at a square dance party held at her family home.