Bryan Welch, Publisher

Contact: Brandy Ernzen 785.274.4304 dir / bernzen@ogdenpubs.com 

 

On any given day, Bryan Welch might spend his early morning hours tending to the cattle on his farm near Lawrence, Kan., his lunchtime polishing an essay for Utne Reader at his Topeka office and his evening attending a Hollywood cocktail reception for the launch of a green media initiative.

Welch and his family raise cattle, sheep, goats and chickens on their 50-acre farm. All their animals range freely, and the grazing animals are strictly grass-fed. He grew up in New Mexico where, starting at age 9, he cared for a neighbor’s dairy goats and other livestock.

When he’s not farming, Welch runs Ogden Publications, Inc. (www.OgdenPubs.com), a diversified media, consulting and affinity marketing company. His company has grown rapidly over the past few years and now publishes 10 magazines for people interested in self-sufficiency, sustainability, rural lifestyles and farm collectibles, including Mother Earth News, Utne Reader, Natural Home & Garden and The Herb Companion. Its Web sites are growing exponentially and attract more than 3 million unique visitors each month. Ogden also publishes books and markets insurance and financial services to its subscribers, and provides companies of all sizes with strategic consulting services on marketing to the green-focused consumer. About a third of its gross revenue comes from these ancillary marketing programs.

Before starting Ogden Publications in 1996, Welch spent 19 years as a reporter, photographer, editor and publisher of newspapers in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Washington and Connecticut. He holds a master’s degree from Harvard University, where he studied media policy and media management at the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Business School.

Welch is a member of the Magazine Publishers of America board of directors, the Kansas Land Trust board of directors and the Down Home Ranch Foundation board of directors. He has served as chairman of the Independent Magazine Advisory Group within the Magazine Publishers of America.

Welch currently blogs at Beautiful and Abundant.