Gary W. Wietgrefe   

(pronounced wit'grif)

As an inventor with six patents, an international researcher, military intelligence veteran, economist, agriculturalist, systems developer, societal explorer, bicyclist, hiker, and author of eight books, Gary and his wife, Patricia, traveled the world for eight years after retirement while observing and documenting his findings and experiences. Example of one trip: After turning 65, he bicycled an average of 75-miles-per-day for 40 days from Pierre, South Dakota to North Pole, Alaska. When Covid shut down their travels they rented a cabin in the beautiful Black Hills of SD and he wrote his first award winning travel adventure: Destination North Pole—5,000 km by bicycle.

Want a quick read of humorous, mostly rhyming, country poems? Enjoy Dakota Country Poems.

Gary is a certified agronomist and an internationally recognized expert of the ancient grain millet. Check out his books on the “ORDER” tab.

What does ancient mean? Could the difference between modern and ancient be the same reason grandparents buy books and newspapers and younger generations read electronic books, blogs, and engage social media on devices?

His books Culture and the mysterious agent changing it and Learning as it influences the 21st century help answer those profound questions. Both books have won Global Book Awards for self-published authors.

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