style . the references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation footnoting or external linking . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message rodale inc. founded 1930 founder j. i. rodale country of origin united states headquarters location emmaus pennsylvania publication types magazines books official website www.rodaleinc.com men s health magazine published by rodale since 1988 runner s world magazine published by rodale since 1971 rodale inc. is an american publisher of health and wellness magazines books and digital properties . 1 rodale is headquartered in emmaus pennsylvania and maintains a satellite office in new york city . rodale publishes health and wellness lifestyle magazines including men s health and prevention . the company has published a collection of bestsellers including an inconvenient truth and eat this not that . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 magazines 2.2 selected books 3 news website 4 references history edit j. i. rodale founded rodale inc. in 1930 . he was a partner with his brother joseph in rodale manufacturing which produced electrical switches . joseph moved rodale manufacturing to emmaus pennsylvania to take advantage of favorable local taxes while j. i. dabbled in publishing . in 1942 rodale started organic farming and gardening magazine . it taught people how to grow better food without using chemicals in the soil . today organic gardening is the best read gardening magazine in the world . 2 in 1950 rodale introduced prevention a health magazine . in 1971 j. i. rodale died during a taping of the dick cavett show and his son robert d. rodale 1930 1990 took over the company s leadership . on september 20 1990 robert rodale was killed in a car accident during a business trip in russia . in 1972 rodale press was one of the five founding members of the international federation of organic agriculture movements ifoam now ifoam organics international founded at versailles france . 3 following robert rodale s death his wife ardath harter rodale 1928 2009 became chairman and chief executive officer of the company . in 2000 steven pleshette murphy joined the company as president and chief operating officer and was named president and ceo in 2002 . 4 on june 18 2007 ardath rodale stepped down as chairman and her daughter maria was named chairman . ardath remained a member of the company s board and took over the new title of chief inspiration officer . on september 1 2009 murphy stepped down as president and ceo . maria rodale granddaughter of company founder j.i. rodale and daughter of previous chairpersons robert rodale and ardath rodale succeeded murphy as ceo . 5 products edit magazines edit bicycling men s health rodale s organic life prevention runner s world women s health selected books edit agatston arthur 2003 . the south beach diet . gore al 2006 . an inconvenient truth . hammond darell 2011 . kaboom how one man built a movement to save play . kidder david s. 2006 . the intellectual devotional . kurzweil ray & grossman terry 2004 . fantastic voyage live long enough to live forever . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link maher bill 2005 . new rules polite musings from a timid observer . rose pete 2004 . my prison without bars . zinczenko david & goulding matt 2007 . eat this not that . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link news website edit rodale news website was launched on earth day april 22 2009 with the tagline where health meets green . 6 the site provides news and information about health and the environment . also included are daily news articles videos and in depth topic pages . references edit global reach statistics for rodale inc . hcp.com . 2008 08 19 . retrieved 2014 01 16 . on gardening words do describe these christmas gifts . yakima herald . december 2008 . paull john 2010 . from france to the world the international federation of organic agriculture movements ifoam pdf . journal of social research & policy . 1 2 93 102 . businessweek may 2002 . businessweek.com . 2005 01 09 . retrieved 2014 01 16 . business week july 2009 . mediaweek.com . 2014 01 10 . retrieved 2014 01 16 . rodalenews.com launch . forbes . april 22 2009 . v t e rodale inc. bicycling eat this not that men s health organic gardening prevention runner s world running times women s health retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rodale inc. & oldid 743818870 categories rodale inc.book publishing companies based in pennsylvaniacompanies based in lehigh county pennsylvaniaamerican companies established in 19301930 establishments in pennsylvaniahidden categories wikipedia references cleanup from december 2012all articles needing references cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify from december 2012all articles covered by wikiproject wikifycs1 maint multiple names authors list navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view 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