Dr. Sam Galphin grew up in a rural community in South Carolina, cultivated by a farmer and mixed animal veterinarian father and nurtured by a loving schoolteacher mother. He developed deep fondness for agriculture, where less than one percent of the population is active in food production. He believes that agriculture is key to the sustainability of humanity. Dr. Galphin’s college years at Clemson University (BS) and the University of Georgia (DVM) reinforced a growing passion for feeding people when studies of food insecurity and simultaneous explosive population growth seemed to threaten humanity’s future. He chose a veterinary career to elevate his opportunities for increasing food availability. It was not the usual veterinary career that most Americans see, but the distinctly different field of food supply veterinarian medicine. Except for a stint in the United States Air Force, his entire adult employment has involved agriculture and food production.Dr. Galphin had no real career template to follow in his food supply veterinary calling, so he made his own way. After analyzing the food animal industries, he formulated the philosophy, “If I can make an economically significant change in a food animal facility, I can increase food production through profits.” He devised a training program to prepare him for his chosen career and create a demand for his skills. He specialized in reproduction, emphasized the epidemiology of diseases, and enrolled in a nutrition degree program while teaching veterinary medicine at Mississippi State University (MS). As a type of post-graduate education, he later operated several dairies of his own. Much of this book reports the daily adventures and challenges of food supply veterinary medicine delivery in numerous southeastern states and many foreign countries as demand for Dr. Galphin’s services escalated. Then, in mid-career, came another calling, this one from the Creator. He gained the opportunity to mentor and be mentored by hundreds of faithful young people as they accompanied him into the mission field for almost thirty years. The veterinary mission shuttles allowed him to take his unique approach to food production to the world's poorer communities and help build a heart for service in these young aspiring professionals. The missions assisted with both physical and spiritual needs and introduced him to many special people around the globe.Along the way, Dr. Galphin delved into finding solutions for animal and human diseases. The culmination of these efforts will be the soon anticipated marketing of a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and perhaps the development of a cancer treatment with a cow connection!Read more about this authorRead less about this author