Michael Sligh Papers, 1972-2019 (bulk 1984-2016)

Container Title
Series: Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)
Note: See also M2018-071 for RAFI publications not included here.
Agricultural Justice Project (AJP): See Agricultural Justice and Fair Trade series
Box   16
Folder   18-19
Annual reports, 1981-1986, 1991-2004, 2009-2010, 2012
Box   16
Folder   20
Appeal letters, 1985-2011, undated
Box   16
Folder   21-35
Board of Directors meetings, 1989-2010
Box   17
Folder   1-2
Board of Directors meetings, 2011-2016
Note: No materials for 1993-1995, 2001, 2007, 2013 or 2015.
Biodiversity: See under Seeds and Breeds project.
Biotechnology: See separate series.
Box   17
Folder   3
Brochures, 1990s, 2009?
Box   17
Folder   4
By-laws, 2008
Committee work
Box   17
Folder   5-11
Executive Committee meetings, conference calls, 1994-2001, 2003-2008
Box   17
Folder   12-13
Personnel Committee, 2003-2012
Box   17
Folder   14
Strategic Planning Committee, 1998?, 2005-2007, undated
Box   17
Folder   15
Conservation, agricultural nonpoint source (NPS) pollution handbook: draft, 1996 April
Contract agriculture reform
Box   17
Folder   16
General, 1995-2014
Box   17
Folder   17
Agricultural Contract Producer Protection Act, 2012
Box   17
Folder   18
Contract Agriculture Reform Gathering, 2004?
Box   17
Folder   19
Farmers' Guide to Organic Contracts: draft, Farmers' Legal Action Group (FLAG), 2010-2011
Correspondence
Box   17
Folder   20-22
General, 1990-2017
Box   17
Folder   23
Hamilton, Hal, 1988-2002
Box   17
Folder   24
Bruges group, 1998
Box   17
Folder   25
Future of agriculture project, 1999-2000
Box   17
Folder   26-27
Learning Communities Project (LCP) study group, 1997-1999
Box   17
Folder   28-30
Study group, 1996-1998
Box   17
Folder   31
Scale in agriculture, 1998-1999
Box   17
Folder   32
Transatlantic dialogue, 2000-2001
Box   17
Folder   33
Boston, Massachusetts meeting, 2002 November
Box   17
Folder   34
Lisbon, Portugal meeting, 2000-2001
Box   17
Folder   35
Kaplowitz, David, Food on Earth film project, 2003
Box   17
Folder   36
Kinsman, John, 2000, 2005
Box   17
Folder   37
Kirschenmann, Fred, 1996, 1998
Box   17
Folder   38
RAF/RAFI correspondence, 1988, 1991
Box   17
Folder   39
Traugot, Michael, agriculture on The Farm (Summertown, Tennessee) writing project, 1994 November 20
Note: See also Box 42, Folder 18 (Speeches, presentations, keynotes) for a 2004 conference at The Farm.
Box   17
Folder   40
Vaupel, Suzanne, 1998-2001
Box   17
Folder   41
Disaster assistance, 1999
Erosion, Technology, and Concentration (ETC) group
Note: The Action Group on Erosion, Technology, and Concentration (ETC) is the renamed entity of the Canadian office of RAFI.
Box   17
Folder   42
Board of Trustees annual meeting materials, 2003
Box   18
Folder   1-2
Board of Trustees annual meeting materials, 2003 (continued)
Box   18
Folder   3
By-laws, articles of association (RAFI, ETC Group), 1989, 1997, 2007
Box   18
Folder   4
Friends of ETC Group Board of Directors meeting materials, 2002, 2005, 2007
Box   18
Folder   5
News releases, reports, 1992, 2001-2005
Box   18
Folder   6
Food security, 1995-2009
Box   18
Folder   7
Fund for Rural America (FRA), 1997
Box   18
Folder   8
Greenbook, North Carolina, South Carolina, 1993
Note: See M2018-071, Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Publications, for the SC Greenbook.
Greener Fields (GF, eco-labeling)
Box   18
Folder   9
Correspondence, 1997-2007
Eco-labels
Box   18
Folder   10
General, 1999-2008
Box   18
Folder   11-13
Articles, papers, 1995-2013
Box   18
Folder   14
Certified Humane, 2003
Box   18
Folder   15
Conference (November 7-9, 2002), 2002 February-November
Note: See conference proceedings in M2018-071.
Box   18
Folder   16
Consumer Choice Council (CCC), 1998
Box   18
Folder   17
Consumers Union, 2001, 2005
Box   18
Folder   18
Eco-labeling strategy meeting (January 1997), 1996
Box   18
Folder   19
Organic Alliance label, 1998?
Whole Foods Market (WFM)
Box   18
Folder   20
Responsibly Grown program, 2015
Box   18
Folder   20A
Whole Foods Council, sustainable label, 2001
Box   18
Folder   21
Forums and focus groups, 1998-2002
Box   18
Folder   22-23
St. Louis, 2001 September-October
Box   18
Folder   24
Calloway Gardens, Georgia, and follow-up session, 2002
Box   18
Folder   25
Preliminary findings reports, 1998-1999
Box   18
Folder   26
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 1998-2000
Box   18
Folder   27
Eco-labeling project, 1997-2001
Integrated Farming Systems (IFS)
Box   18
Folder   28
Project directors meetings, 1998-2000
Box   18
Folder   29
Projects, 1996-1998
Box   18
Folder   30-31
Reports, 1996-1998, 2001 April, 2002
Box   18
Folder   32-34
Marketing Sustainable Agriculture (MSA, European marketing tour, November 1998), 1998-1999
Background materials
Box   18
Folder   35
France, 1990-1998
Box   18
Folder   36
Germany, 1996-1998
Box   19
Folder   1
Netherlands, 1996-1998
Box   19
Folder   2
Switzerland, 1995-1998
Box   19
Folder   3
Kellogg scoping tour, 1998 June-July
Box   19
Folder   4
Report, 1999
Box   19
Folder   5
Organic Leaders survey, 1999
Box   19
Folder   6-8
Reports, 1999
Partners
The Food Alliance (TFA)
Box   19
Folder   9
General, 1996-2005
Box   19
Folder   10
Focus group, 1996-1998
Box   19
Folder   11
Making Change in the Marketplace, eco-label conference (October 22-23, 1998), 1998 September-November
Box   19
Folder   12
Peer review survey, 2002
Box   19
Folder   13
Read the Label! Conference (October 19-20, 2000), 2000
Box   19
Folder   14
Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet, 1996-2000
Box   19
Folder   15
Presentations, 1994-2008
Box   19
Folder   15A
NGO labeling initiatives panel, Rural Sociological Society (RSS) meeting, 2003 July
Box   19
Folder   16
Regional Identity Marketing, NOFA-NY conference, 2001 January
Report: Greener Fields: Signposts for Successful Sustainable Labels / by Deborah Kane, The Food Alliance; Betsy Lydon, Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet; Keith Richards, Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group; Michael Sligh, Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI-USA), RAFI-USA, 2000
Box   19
Folder   17-19
Drafts, comments, 2000
Box   19
Folder   20
Final version, 2000
Box   19
Folder   21
St. Louis accord drafts, 2000-2003
Box   19
Folder   22
State labeling programs, 1989-1998, undated
Box   19
Folder   23-24
Hog project, 1994-2003
Box   19
Folder   25
Just Foods program reports, objectives, 2002-2012
Note: See also Organic integrity project and Seeds and Breeds projects, as well as two separate series for the Agricultural Justice project and Biotechnology.
Legislation
1985
Box   19
Folder   26
Background material, farm legislation, 1985
Box   19
Folder   27
Soil Conservation in 1985 Farm Bill (FB) conference, 1986
1990
Box   19
Folder   28-30
1990 Farm Bill, 1989-1990
Box   19
Folder   31
Circle of Poison legislation, 1990
Box   19
Folder   32-33
House Agriculture Committee hearings, 1989-1990
Box   19
Folder   34
Integrated Farm Management Program Option (IFMPO), 1991
Box   19
Folder   35
Senate Agriculture Committee soil conservation hearing, 1989 June 22
1993
Box   20
Folder   1
RAFI legislative briefing, testimony (September 9, 1993), 1993 August-September
1995
Box   20
Folder   2-3
1995 Farm Bill, 1994-1995
Box   20
Folder   4
Cut Smart, Cut Fair campaign, 1995
Box   20
Folder   5
Dairy Nutrition and Conservation Act (DNCA), 1995
1996
Box   20
Folder   6
1996 Farm Bill, 1996
Box   20
Folder   7
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)/Livestock concentration, 1996
Box   20
Folder   8
Food quality/pesticide bill, 1996
1997
Box   20
Folder   9
Family Farmer Cooperative Marketing Amendments Act, 1997-1999
2000
Box   20
Folder   10
Conservation Security Act, 2000
2001
Box   20
Folder   11
Farm Security Act, 2001
Box   20
Folder   12
Kind-Gilchrest bill, 2001
Box   20
Folder   13
Organically Produced Product Promotion, Research and Information Act, 2001
2002
Box   20
Folder   14-15
2002 Farm Bill, 2001-2002
2007
Box   20
Folder   16-17
2007 Farm Bill, 2004-2006, undated
Box   20
Folder   18
Organic community discussion, 2006 February 22
2008
Box   20
Folder   19
NOC Farm Bill implementation handbook, 2008
2010
Box   20
Folder   20
Federal Lobbying Disclosure Act, 2010 April 6
2012
Box   20
Folder   21
2012 Farm Bill, 2010-2013
Box   20
Folder   22
Specialty crop and organic agriculture hearing, 2010
Box   20
Folder   23-24
Agriculture appropriations, 1992-2016
Box   20
Folder   25
Crop insurance legislation, 1999-2000, undated
Box   20
Folder   26-27
Other legislation, 1985-2015
Box   20
Folder   28
Mooney, Pat Roy, 1990-1999
Box   20
Folder   29
National Sharecroppers Fund (NSF), history, 1987-1988?
Box   20
Folder   30
National Sharecroppers Fund (NSF)/Rural Advancement Fund (RAF) bumper stickers, circa 1983
Box   20
Folder   31
Organic Big Picture Roundtable, 2013 January 10
Box   20
Folder   32
Organic cotton, 1991-1997, 2016
Box   20
Folder   33-35
Background articles, papers, 1991-2016
Box   20
Folder   36
Organic crops survey, 2002 May
Box   20
Folder   37
Organic Forum: A Big Picture Assessment, Girona, Spain, 2002 June
Box   20
Folder   38
Organic integrity project, 1996-1997, 2012
Box   20
Folder   39
Funding, 1996-1998, 2012
Box   20
Folder   40
Organic standards update and strategy session, 1999 July
Peanut project
Box   20
Folder   41-43
General, 1992-1999, undated
Box   21
Folder   1
Advisory Council meetings, 1994-1998
Box   21
Folder   2
Background papers, studies, 1981-1994
Box   21
Folder   3-4
BIOS project information, 1994-1996, undated
Box   21
Folder   5
Field trial surveys, 1996-1998
Box   21
Folder   6
Funding, 1996-1998
Box   21
Folder   7
Newsletter, 1995-1998
Box   21
Folder   8
Partners in IPM meeting (February 2, 1996), 1995-1996
Box   21
Folder   9
Reports, 1995-1998
Pesticide reduction project
Box   21
Folder   10-11
General, 1992-1997
Box   21
Folder   12
Agricultural Resource Center (ARC) pesticide education project, 1989-1995
Box   21
Folder   13
ATTRA information requests, 1991, 1995
Box   21
Folder   14-15
Background articles, news clippings, 1986-2002
Box   21
Folder   16
Biological pest control, 1972-1996, 2003
Box   21
Folder   17
California, 1989-1993
Box   21
Folder   18
California EPA Act of 1990, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) hearing, testimony, 1990 July 10
Box   21
Folder   19
Fair Agri-Chemical Tax (FACT) Campaign, Friends of the Earth (FOTE), 1999
Box   21
Folder   20
Index card contacts, 1979-1981
Integrated pest management (IPM)
Box   21
Folder   21
General, 1992-1997
Box   21
Folder   22
IPM and Sustainable agriculture consensus building meetings, 1994 December-1995 May
Box   21
Folder   23-24
Pest management, articles, reports, 1980-1999, undated
Box   21
Folder   24A
Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), 1992-1998
Box   21
Folder   25-26
Pesticide Reduction Act, 1993-1994
Box   21
Folder   27
Plant and pest biology, USDA stakeholders workshop, 2010 April 13
Box   21
Folder   28
Pesticide regulation, 1988-1996
Box   21
Folder   29
President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD), 1993
Box   21
Folder   30
Shifting the Paradigm: Reducing Agricultural Pesticides project, 1993-1994
Box   21
Folder   31-32
Poultry project, 1990-2007
Rice project
Box   21
Folder   33
General, 2004-2005, 2011
Box   21
Folder   34-35
Background articles, papers, 1992-2011
Box   21
Folder   36-38
Meetings, 2004-2005
Box   21
Folder   39
Organic rice, 1990-1995
Box   21
Folder   40
Reports, 1992 November, 2004 May
Rural Advancement Fund (RAF)/ National Sharecroppers Fund (NSF)
Box   21
Folder   41
1990 Farm Bill testimony, 1990 January 29
Box   21
Folder   42
Animal patenting, 1987-1988
Box   21
Folder   43-44
Transgenic Animal Patent Reform Act hearings, 1989
Box   21
Folder   45-46
Annual meetings, 1985-1986, 1988
Box   21
Folder   47
Bovine growth hormone (BGH), 1986-1989
Box   22
Folder   1
Brochures, 1980s
Box   22
Folder   2
Charity, Ronald K. case, 1988-1991
Box   22
Folder   3
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1978, 1982-1983, 1989
Box   22
Folder   4
Income and expenses, 1984
Box   22
Folder   5
Justice project, 1987-1989
Box   22
Folder   6
Manifest Destiny photo exhibit, 1987 July
Box   22
Folder   7
Personnel Committee, 1987-1990
Box   22
Folder   8
Pesticide report, 1983 July 27
Box   22
Folder   9
Rural Advance: newsletter, 1978-1988
Note: Incomplete run.
Box   22
Folder   10
Save the Family Farm Act, 1987
Seeds and Breeds project
Note: Public plant and animal breeding.
Box   22
Folder   11-12
General, 2003-2013
Alfalfa
Box   22
Folder   13-14
General, 2006-2011
Box   22
Folder   15-16
Alfalfa Stakeholders Working Group, 2011
Box   22
Folder   17
Forum on Alfalfa Coexistence, 2010 December
Box   22
Folder   18-19
Background articles, 1997-2015
Biodiversity
Box   22
Folder   20-21
General, 1991-1997, 1999-2002
Box   22
Folder   22
Papers, reports, 1995-2015
Community Seed Bank Kit, see under RAFI Publications in M2018-071
Conferences
Box   22
Folder   23
Seeds and Breeds for the 21st Century (September 6-8, 2003), 2003
Box   22
Folder   24
Planning group, 2001-2003
Summit proceedings
Box   22
Folder   25
Drafts, 2003-2004
Box   22
Folder   26
Final version, 2004
Box   22
Folder   27
Seeds and Breeds: Reinvigorate Public Breeding of Seeds and Animals (September 11-14, 2005), 2004-2005
Box   22
Folder   28
Planning group, 2004-2005
Box   22
Folder   29
Seeds and Breeds, 2008 National Summit (March 2-4, 2008), 2007-2008
Box   22
Folder   30-32
Seeds and Breeds for 21st Century Agriculture: Meeting the Challenges of Food Security (March 5-7, 2014), 2014
Box   22
Folder   33
Summit findings and next steps: drafts, 2014 May-June
Box   22
Folder   34-35
Proceedings, 2014
Box   22
Folder   36
Correspondence, 1998-2013
Box   22
Folder   37
Customer/Stakeholder workshop, USDA, 2011 November 15
Box   22
Folder   38
Farmer Cooperative Genome Project, Farmer Cooperative Germoplasm Project (FCGP), 1997-2002
Box   22
Folder   39
Funding, 1999-2014
Note: Includes funding related to the Farm Bill.
Box   23
Folder   1
Hoegemeyer patent, corn breeding, 2005
Box   23
Folder   2
Intellectual property rights (IPR) for Public Plant Breeding Summit, 2016 August
Box   23
Folder   3
MSAWG/SAC position paper, 2005
Box   23
Folder   4-5
National Genetic Resources Advisory Council (NGRAC), 2001-2002, 2011-2015
Box   23
Folder   6
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), comments to, regarding research project applications, 2010, 2012
Box   23
Folder   7
National Network of Seeds project (Brazil), undated
Box   23
Folder   8
Open source seed initiative (OSSI), 2011-2014
Box   23
Folder   9-10
Organic seed, 1998-2014
Box   23
Folder   11
Organic seed summit (Rome), 2004
Organic Seed Alliance (OSA)
Box   23
Folder   12
NOP draft guidance, 2009, 2011
Box   23
Folder   13
Organic seed growers conferences, 2012, 2018
Note: See M2018-071 for conference proceedings.
Organicology
Box   23
Folder   14
Organic seed meeting, 2013 February 7
Box   23
Folder   15
Policy intensive, Farm Bill policy, 2011 February 10
Box   23
Folder   16
Plant breeding guides, 2012
Box   23
Folder   17
Seed Integrity Working Group, 2011-2012
Box   23
Folder   18
State of Organic Seed Symposium, 2010 February
Box   23
Folder   19
Report: draft, 2010
Box   23
Folder   20
Organic seed survey results, 2010
Box   23
Folder   21
Plant and animal breeding research, 2000-2013
Box   23
Folder   22
Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee, 2005, 2012
Box   23
Folder   23
Plant breeding for agricultural production panel, 2014 July 29
Box   23
Folder   24
Plant breeding techniques for organic agriculture workshop, 2001
Plant genetic resources
Box   23
Folder   25
Leipzig conference, 1996
Box   23
Folder   26
RAFI international office, 1993
Box   23
Folder   27
Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA), 1990-1993
Box   23
Folder   28
Presentation on GMOs and U.S. agriculture, 2009?
Box   23
Folder   29
Public cultivar development workshop, presentation, 2012 August 2
Public plant breeding
Box   23
Folder   30
Papers, 1996-2001
Box   23
Folder   31
Strategy session, 2002 September
Box   23
Folder   32
Public Plant Breeding Program (PPBP) work group, 2001
Box   23
Folder   33
Seed banks, vault analysis, 2011
Box   23
Folder   34
Seed concentration working group, 2009-2017
Box   23
Folder   35
Seed industry, competition, 2003-2010, undated
Box   23
Folder   36
Seed purity and GMOs, 2012-2014
Box   23
Folder   37
Seed saving, biodiversity presentation, 1992-2000
Box   23
Folder   38
Southeast organic grain project, 2009
Box   23
Folder   39
Testimony regarding New Genetic Techniques and Technologies (NGTs) and organic seed, 2016 April 26
Note: Also testimony at DOJ/USDA hearings on competition in agriculture, April 7, 2016.
Box   23
Folder   40
Vilsack, Tom (USDA Secretary), 2012-2015
Staff files
Box   44
Folder   7
Calendars, charts, 1991, 2012
Box   23
Folder   41
Management team, 1990
Box   23
Folder   42-44
Meeting materials, 1991-1997, 2001-2002, 2007-2014
Box   23
Folder   45
Message boards, 1990
Box   23
Folder   46
Performance evaluations, 1995-2011
Box   23
Folder   47
Program planning meetings (RAFI, RAFI-USA), 1990-1991
Box   23
Folder   48-49
RAFI/RAFI-USA relationship, 1990-1994, 1998-2001
Box   23
Folder   50
Reframing RAFI, 2003
Box   24
Folder   1
Staff lists, 1999-2013
Box   24
Folder   2-4
Staff retreats, 1990-2010
Sustainable agriculture program
Box   24
Folder   5
General, 1989-1997
Box   24
Folder   6
Articles, 1989-1999
Box   24
Folder   7
Funding, 1991-1997, 2003, 2011
Box   24
Folder   8
Sustainable agriculture programs, various states, 1989-1992
Box   24
Folder   9
Workplans, 1990-1998, 2001
Tobacco Communities Project (TCP)
Box   24
Folder   10-14
General, 1997-2005
Box   24
Folder   15
Articles, news clippings, 1991-2003
Box   24
Folder   16
Core principles statement between public health community and tobacco producers community, 1998 January-March
Box   24
Folder   17
Individual profiles, 1997
Box   24
Folder   18
New/alternative enterprises, 1990-1999
Box   24
Folder   19
Newsletter, 1997 November-1999 May
North Carolina
Box   24
Folder   20
Public opinion poll: draft, 1998
Box   24
Folder   21
Tobacco growers baseline survey, 1997
Box   24
Folder   22-25
Papers, reports, studies regarding tobacco farming, 1997-2001, 2006
Note: Includes three RAFI reports: "Agricultural Reinvestment: A Producer Cost-Share Grant Program" (2001), "Issues to Consider Related to Tobacco Contracts" (2006), and "The Farmer's Guide to Agricultural Credit" (2006).
Box   24
Folder   26
Reinvestment Fund Board meetings, 1997-1998
Box   24
Folder   27-29
Reinvestment Fund grants, 1998-2012
Box   24
Folder   30
Southern Tobacco Communities Roundtable, 1996-1998
Box   24
Folder   31
Survey, 2000 Summer/Fall
Box   24
Folder   32
Tobacco excise tax proposal, 1993
Box   24
Folder   33
Tobacco legislation, 1997-1998
Box   24
Folder   34
U.S. tobacco farmers' opinion study, 1995
Box   24
Folder   35
Winner's Circle: Farm to Restaurant Alliance proposal, 2001
Box   24
Folder   36
Website, 2003-2006
Wheat project
Box   24
Folder   37-39
General, 1998-2003
Box   25
Folder   1
General, 2004-2014
Box   25
Folder   2
Background articles, papers, 2000-2005, undated
Box   25
Folder   3-5
Bismarck consultation, GE meetings, 2002-2003
Note: Bismarck, North Dakota; Red Lodge and Billings, Montana.
Box   25
Folder   6-7
Workplans, 1989, 2000-2002