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


Summary Information
Title: Michael Sligh Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1972-2019 (bulk 1984-2016)

Creator:
  • Sligh, Michael (James Michael), 1950-
Call Number: Mss 1214; PH 7088; Audio 2012A; VDA 436-VDA 438

Quantity: 42.0 cubic feet (41 records center cartons and 3 archives boxes), 0.1 cubic feet of photographs (1 folder), 5 audio recordings (3 cassette tapes and 2 CDs), and 3 videorecordings (DVDs)

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Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers, 1972-2019 (bulk 1984-2016), of Michael Sligh, an organic farmer, program director at the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI-USA), policy analyst, author, and spokesperson for organic and sustainable agriculture. During the course of a 40 plus-year career, Sligh served as founding chair of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), was a co-founder of the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG), a founding member of the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (NCSA), the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC), the National Organic Coalition (NOC), the Domestic Fair-Trade Association (DFTA), and the U.S. Organic Farmers Association. Other activities documented include work on organic standards integrity, public plant and animal breeding, biotechnology in agriculture, agricultural research and legislation, and the development of international guidelines for organic production and processing.

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Language: English

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Biography/History

James Michael Sligh was born in Lubbock, Texas, on March 31, 1950, and grew up spending summers on his family's farm and ranch. While attending university, he served as a purchasing agent and organizer for an Athens, Georgia food cooperative. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1972 with a B.A. in cultural anthropology and archeology and was involved in field work focused on southeastern Native American culture and history. Influenced by his grandmother's embrace of the approach to farming popularized in J.I. Rodale's publication, Organic Farming and Gardening, he operated Spring Hollow Farms, an organic crop and vegetable farm, in Lafayette, Tennessee (1973-1976) as well as working on two commercial farming operations in Summertown, Tennessee (Farm Foods) and Florida, 1977-1982. He also became involved with a number of grassroots farmers' organizations, such as the Tennessee Alternative Growers Association (founding board member, Board of Directors), circa 1977-1982.

He then took a stint from farming to direct a sustainable agriculture program, funded by the Canadian International development Agency (CIDA), aimed at increasing crop diversification, providing technical assistance to farmers, conducting variety trials, and implementing sustainable agricultural practices in the Windward Islands of the West Indies (1983-1984). There he witnessed up close drastic impacts from intensive conventional mono-crop production for export under predatory contracts that left small farmers and workers in poverty with health impacts from aerial and unprotected pesticide spraying. This motivated him to return to the U.S. to focus on policy change that encourages and rewards more sustainable, organic, and fair farming practices.

Sligh returned to the U.S. in September 1984 to accept a position working for the Rural Advancement Fund as a rural educator, organizer, and policy analyst during the height of the U.S. "farm crisis." He helped organize the United Farmers Organization, a multi-racial two-state farmer-led organization focused on providing help to farmers facing foreclosure. This included establishing "hot-lines" which helped lead to a national moratorium on farm foreclosures, federal credit reforms adopted in the 1985 Farm Bill, and lawsuits that addressed discrimination in farm lending practices.

During this period, as a member of the Agricultural Crisis Task Force of the South Carolina Christian Action Council and the South Carolina Christian Action Task Force on Agriculture and Environment, he helped to encourage faith communities to support actions to prevent farm foreclosures, and organized outreach activities for farmers and consumers related to the farm crisis. In the late 1980s, Sligh also served as a consultant to the Dairy Committee and the Agricultural Policy Committee of the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) to develop national dairy reforms. He was a regional organizer for the United Farmers and Ranchers Congress, sponsored by Farm-Aid in 1986, convening over three thousand farmers to call for federal agriculture policy reforms. Moving beyond merely saving farms, Sligh then turned to focus on farming practices that would win consumer support and better prices.

After working for several years with RAFI's Farm Survival Project, he served as the organization's Director of Sustainable Agriculture (circa 1990-2000), which included work on the local and regional level, such as serving on the board of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) and as chair of the South Carolina Sustainable Agriculture Network. From 1997 to 1998, he worked with southeast U.S. tobacco farmers, as well as government and community representatives, in a series of discussions ensuring that the tobacco settlement included funding for economic development alternatives for communities impacted by the tobacco settlement agreement of 1998. He also served on the Board of Directors of Weaver Street Market, a retail grocery cooperative. At the federal level, he was involved with development of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) legislation and program, Organic Research and Education Initiative, (OREI), the Organic Certification Cost-Share Program, as well as other conservation and plant breeding initiatives at USDA. He worked on every Farm Bill from 1985 to the present.

This work led to launching the RAFI-USA Just Foods Program, which he directed until his retirement in 2018. The five major areas addressed by the Just Foods Program are:

1) Organic integrity (defense and promotion of organic standards and policies), which included work on the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), and serving as founding chairman of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), which was responsible for development of U.S. organic regulations and the National Organic Program (NOP). He helped establish the National Organic Coalition and the Organic Farmers Association to ensure farmers and consumer voices could be clearly heard on Capitol Hill. Also, he served on UN/FAO/Codex Food Labeling Commission to develop international organic guidelines for its 120-country members, and consulted with FAO on organics and the Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture (SAFA) program.

2) The Agricultural Justice Project (AJP), a domestic fair-trade initiative that established Food Justice Certification standards, as an "add-on" claim for organic operations that meet high standards for farm worker and farmer fairness. This was to demonstrate the critical missing component of fairness, which is lacking in the U.S. National Organic Program. Under his leadership RAFI-USA (along with Organic Valley, Equal Exchange, Farmer Direct, and others) created the Domestic Fair Trade Working Group to stimulate greater awareness and interest in agricultural justice.

3) Biotechnology monitoring to ensure adequate testing and labeling of genetically engineered foods, and accountability for the owners of this technology. Sligh served on the USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21), which made recommendations for USDA regarding "terminator technology" and attempted to develop co-existence protocols.

4) Agricultural biodiversity, including Seeds and Breeds for the 21st Century, an initiative to promote and increase funding for regional public plant and animal breeding to meet the challenges of climate change and increased biodiversity for greater farm-level resilience, and to strengthen farmers' and breeders' rights. He also developed Breeding for Organic Production Systems (BOPS), a plant breeding program in partnership with North Carolina farmers and North Carolina State University (NCSU), that established the Southern Farmers Seed Cooperative.

5) General sustainable agriculture support, including work with the Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) and the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG).

Rural Advancement Fund (RAF), Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI), Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA):
RAFI-USA originated as the Rural Advancement Fund of the National Sharecroppers Fund, an organization that began in the 1930s and advocated for small farms and farm laborers. The organization known as Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) was founded in 1977 and worked to raise awareness of life patenting and pending plant patenting legislation. RAFI continued to work during the 1980s and 1990s on conducting research and promoting agricultural biodiversity, as well as educating consumers and farmers on the use of biotechnology in agriculture, including intellectual property issues and corporate concentration. RAFI-USA was incorporated in 1990, to distinguish it from the international organization, Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI), which maintained an office in Canada. RAFI-USA worked on similar issues and concerns. In 2001, RAFI (the Canadian organization) was renamed the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group), in order to clarify its focus on those three areas, while also maintaining its work on biodiversity, biotechnology, and intellectual property. Meanwhile RAFI-USA continued to use its original name (also known as simply RAFI) and focused on direct planning aid to farmers, on-farm research to improve the financial viability of family farms, contract agriculture reform, labeling programs, and plant and animal biodiversity. The two organizations continue to partner on common concerns.

For further information, see the RAFI-USA website.

In addition to his work at RAFI-USA, Sligh also co-led of a tour of North American farmers to six European countries to study marketing of sustainable agriculture and eco-labeling in 1998, and was a delegate to the Seattle round of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Additionally, he was a founding member of both the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC, also known as National Save the Family Farm Coalition) and the Citizens Network of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), where he was part of three working groups: 1) sustainable agriculture, developing a national position paper for UNCED; 2) internal group gathering and distributing information from various preparatory committees and agencies meeting for the June 1992 conference; and 3) Consumers Policy Institute/Consumers Union (CPI/CU) international sustainable agriculture initiative, to "develop international position, and hold workshop in Brazil on sustainable ag." He was also a member of the U.S. Delegation to Codex Alimentarius (1992-2002), the Biotechnology Working Group (1990-1998), and served on the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) accreditation committee. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Domestic Fair-Trade Association (DFTA, founded in 2008), including serving as President.

Toward the end of his work at RAFI, he also participated in the development of Regenerative Organic certification, to create market reward for greater carbon sequestration, improved animal welfare, and a modicum of social criteria. He also joined the Real Organic Standards board, to support organic farmers facing unfair market competition due to NOP allowance of hydroponics (soil-less greenhouse production), that are not required to meet all of the same standards as farmers who grow organic in the soil.

After his retirement from an active role at RAFI-USA, he continues to serve as a senior advisor to many of the programs and organizations he initiated, including the National Organic Coalition and the Agricultural Justice Project, and as a policy advisor to the Organic Farmers Association (U.S.). He also serves as Board president of International Organic Accreditation Services (IOAS) and is a founding board member of the Alliance for Organic Integrity, an international organization aimed at encouraging the next generation of organic inspectors, urgent needs for greater consistency across global organic platforms, and innovative partnerships to combat fraud. He lives and works from a small exempt organic farm in western North Carolina.

Chronology:

1950 Born in Lubbock, Texas
1972 B.A. in cultural anthropology and archeology, University of Georgia-Athens
1972-1982 Managed commercial organic and conventional farm operations, Tennessee and Florida
1977-1982 Founding Board of Directors member, Tennessee Alternative Growers Association (TAGA)
1982-1984 Director, Sustainable Agriculture Program, Windward Islands, Caribbean
1985 Founding member, South Carolina Christian Action Task Force on Agriculture and the Environment
1984-1989 South Carolina Field Director, Policy Analyst and Rural Organizer, Farm Survival Project, Rural Advancement Fund/National Sharecroppers Fund
1986 Founding member, National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC)
1989-1991 Board member, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA)
1990-2000 Director, Sustainable Agriculture Program, Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA)
2000-2018 Director, Sustainable Agriculture Program, Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA)
1991-1993 Founding coordinator, Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG)
1990-1998 Member, National Biotechnology Working Group
1991-1992 Member, United States Citizens Network, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
1992-1997 Founding chair, member, National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)
1992-2002 NGO member, U.S. Delegation to the CODEX International Food Labeling Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations, helping to develop international guidelines for organics and agro-biotechnology
2009-present Board member, International Organic Accreditation Services (IOAS), Board president (2017-present)
2017-2020 Founding member and Policy Council representative, Organic Farmers Association
2018-present Board member, Real Organic Standards
2018-present Founding Board member, Alliance for Organic Integrity (AOI)
Selected Publications:
  • Sligh, M. Toward Organic Integrity: A Guide to the Development of U.S. Organic Standards, RAFI-USA, 1997
  • Kane, D., Lydon, B., Richards, K., Sligh, M. Greener Fields: Signposts for Successful Eco-labels, RAFI-USA, 2000
  • Sligh, M. "Organics at the Crossroads: The Past and the Future of the Organic Movement," in The Fatal Harvest Reader: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture, The Foundation for Deep Ecology, 2002
  • Sligh, M. and C. Christman. Who Owns Organic: The Global Status, Prospects, and Challenges of a Changing Organic Market, Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA, 2003
  • Sligh, Michael and Laura Lauffer, editors. Summit Proceedings: Seeds and Breeds for 21st Century Agriculture, Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA, 2003
  • Henderson, E., R. Mandelbaum, O. Mendieta, M. Sligh. Toward Social Justice and Economic Equity in the Food System; A Call for Social Stewardship Standards in Sustainable and Organic Agriculture, October 2003
  • Sligh, M., Moeller, D.R. Farmer's Guide to GMOs, ed. Krub, K.R. Farmers' Legal Action Group Inc., Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA, 2004
  • Hamilton, H., Sligh, M., The Changing Structure of Agriculture in the Southern United States, (LS95-85), Southern SARE, 2004
  • Sligh, M., Christman, C. Issues Paper: "Organic Agriculture and Access to Food." International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security. UN/FAO, Rome, Italy, May 2007
  • Sligh, M., Cierpka, T., chapter 3, "Organic Values," in Organic Farming; An International History, Lockeretz, W., Editor, CABI, UK, 2007
  • Dumas, C.F., Schmitz, T.G., Giese, C.R., Sligh, M. Economic Implications of Plant-made Pharmaceutical Production in North Carolina, Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA, 2008
  • Sligh M., Hoodes, L. et al. National Organic Action Plan: From the Margins to the Mainstream, Advancing Organic Agriculture in the U.S. Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA, 2010
  • Sligh, Michael and William Tracy, editors. Summit Proceedings: Seeds and Breeds for the 21st Century Agriculture - Meeting the Challenges of Food Security, Rural Advancement Foundation International, (RAFI-USA), 2014
  • Sligh, Michael. A Call to Action: Addressing the "Bigger Picture" of GMO Contamination and Other Challenges in Organic Food, Feed and Fiber Supply Chain, Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA, 2017
  • Sligh, M. The New Deal's Agricultural Adjustment Act and its Impacts on Sharecropping and Tenant Farming in the U.S. South, for Disparity to Parity Project, 2021
Scope and Content Note

The Michael Sligh papers document Sligh's long career as an organic farmer, activist, program administrator, policy analyst, and spokesperson for organic and sustainable agriculture. The collection is arranged in roughly chronological order, starting with early farm crisis organizing in the early 1980s until Sligh's retirement in 2018, and includes sixteen series: BIOGRAPHICAL; FARM CRISIS ORGANIZING; SOUTHERN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WORKING GROUP (SSAWG) and SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (SARE); NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS; NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM (NOP) and NATIONAL ORGANIC STANDARDS BOARD (NOSB); RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL (RAFI); OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL FILES-ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURAL JUSTICE AND FAIR TRADE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO), and GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT); CODEX, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), and UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCED); SUBJECT FILES; WRITINGS; PHOTOGRAPHS; AUDIO RECORDINGS; and VIDEORECORDINGS.

Issues on which Sligh has worked include agricultural biodiversity, support for public plant and animal breeding, monitoring the use of biotechnology in food production, social justice projects involving agricultural workers, legislation affecting the sustainability of small farm operations, environmental protection, the integrity of national and international organic standards, the implications of trade agreements for agriculture, and systems-based on-farm research. The series include the many organizations with which Sligh has been affiliated over the course of his career, particularly the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), where he was the founding chairman, and Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA), where he worked in various capacities from 1984 to 2018. Researchers should be aware that there is overlap between series. While based at RAFI, Sligh was involved with many other organizations, and the arrangement of the series reflects his multi-faceted roles.

The BIOGRAPHICAL series provides an overview of the scope of Sligh's work and includes appointment books, news clippings, résumés, to-do lists, and thank you notes.

The FARM CRISIS ORGANIZING series documents Sligh's work for RAFI's Farm Survival Project (FSP), the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC, also known as the National Save the Family Farm Coalition (NSFFC)), South Carolina Christian Action Council (SCCAC), Farm Aid, and the United Farmers Organization (UFO), as well as materials from allied organizations primarily in the Southeastern United States. Also included in this series are two folders of material relating to Booker T. Whatley, a Black farmer, author, and entrepreneur.

The SOUTHERN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WORKING GROUP (SSAWG) and SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (SARE) series documents the activities of SSAWG, another regional organization of which Sligh was a founder, and includes Farm Bill and other rural development legislation, conferences, workshops, and marketing efforts promoting sustainable agriculture; as well as administration of, and research proposals submitted to, the regional SARE grant program, part of a national program funded by the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

The NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS series documents Sligh's work with the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (NCSA), the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), the National Sustainable Agriculture Coordinating Council (NSACC), and the National Dialogue for Sustainable Agriculture, including legislative and committee work, meetings, conferences, and campaigns around specific topics such as genetic engineering, organic standards, and competition and concentration in agriculture.

The NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM (NOP) and NATIONAL ORGANIC STANDARDS BOARD (NOSB) series documents Sligh's role as founding chairman of the NOSB and the establishment of the National Organic Program (NOP), and includes comments on the proposed organic rule, comments from individuals and constituency organizations, standards for organic certification in individual states and other countries prior to the establishment of a U.S. national organic standard, and committees overseeing the development of various aspects of the organic standards.

The RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL (RAFI) series primarily documents the RAFI-USA organization, but includes some files from the Canadian office, later renamed the ETC Group (Action Group on Erosion, Technology, and Concentration), and materials from an earlier iteration of RAFI-USA: the Rural Advancement Fund of the National Sharecroppers Fund. This series includes major projects on which Sligh worked such as Greener Fields (eco-labels), contract agriculture reform, farm legislation, pesticide reduction, peanuts, tobacco, and Seeds and Breeds (public plant and animal breeding).

The OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL FILES-ORGANIC AGRICULTURE series includes organic organizations with which Sligh worked including the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS), and the National Organic Coalition (NOC). Sligh was a founder of the latter, an umbrella group with many member organizations that advocated for organic integrity on the national level. Included are materials on campaigns, correspondence on strategy, fly-in events, meetings with USDA officials, and testimony.

The AGRICULTURAL JUSTICE AND FAIR TRADE series documents the Agricultural Justice Project (AJP) and the Domestic Fair Trade Association (DFTA), both of which Sligh was involved in founding. Also included are materials related to the AJP's Food Justice Certified label, standards development, and training materials.

The BIOTECHNOLOGY series includes Sligh's committee work in this area, a chapter on organics he wrote for the book Fatal Harvest (edited by Andrew Kimbrell), work on legislation and lawsuits, liability and coexistence concerns, strategy meetings, and testimony.

The INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO), and GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) series documents work relating to agriculture and trade agreements, and the positions of agriculture organizations regarding these negotiations.

The CODEX, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), and UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCED) series documents Sligh's work serving as a U.S. NGO delegate to the United Nations FAO/WHO (World Health Organization) Food Labeling Commission for the development of international organic guidelines, and his involvement in both the 1992 Earth Summit (UNCED) and the 1996 World Food Summit.

The SUBJECT FILES series includes topical, project, and conference files; materials related to the National Organic Action Plan (NOAP), for which Sligh served as the National Coordinator; North Carolina specific projects such as a breeding project with North Carolina State University (NCSU); and his service on the Board of Directors of a local food cooperative.

The WRITINGS series includes Sligh's articles, publications, speeches and other presentations, and teaching materials, as well as related correspondence and drafts of unpublished work.

PHOTOGRAPHS include black-and-white prints (17 5x7-inch and 3 8x10-inch) by Robert Amberg, photographer for the Rural Advancement Fund, 1986-1994; promotional black-and-white photo for an Organic Harvest project of the Organic Foods Production Association (OFPANA) and the Committee for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA); two color snapshots of World Food Day, 1993 and 1994; and unidentified color snapshots from gatherings and conferences.

AUDIO RECORDINGS include Sligh's sessions for the 1993, 2000, and 2006 Ecological Farming Conferences, and an Organic Trade Association (OTA) conference call regarding the 2005 Arthur Harvey case, which challenged the National Organic Program and its alleged violation of the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA).

The VIDEORECORDINGS cover the 1989 Capitol Hill negotiations on the OFPA and a Senate hearing chaired by Senator Thomas Daschle on Research, Education and Extension.

Note: Researchers should note that many publications were separated during processing to the Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Publications collection (see Part 21: M2018-071 for publications separated from the Sligh papers).

Related Material

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Administrative/Restriction Information
Access Restrictions

To view the collection, researchers will need to obtain the written approval of the donor or the donor's designee, until November 17, 2035, after which the collection will be available without prior permission.


Use Restrictions

COPYRIGHT RESTRICTION: The donor retains copyright to "Who Owns Organic II" and related titles, until November 17, 2035, after which copyright and renewal rights are granted to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.


Acquisition Information

Presented by Michael Sligh, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2016-2021. Accession Number: M2018-070


Processing Information

Processed by Julia Wong, 2018-2021.


Contents List
Mss 1214
Series: Biographical
Box   1
Folder   1-3
Address book, datebooks, 1990-2003, 2008, 2011
Box   1
Folder   4
Notes, 1990s, 2000s
Box   1
Folder   5
Phone message books, 1991-1995
Box   1
Folder   6
Press clippings, 1984-2015, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Résumés, business cards, 1983-2000, undated
Box   1
Folder   8
Thank you letters, notes, 1991-2018
Box   2
Folder   1-2
To-do lists, 1991-2015
Series: Farm Crisis Organizing
Box   2
Folder   3
Cornucopia project (Regenerative Agriculture Association), 1980-1985
Box   2
Folder   4-5
Dairy, 1984, 1991-1992
Box   2
Folder   6
Dump the National Dairy Board, 1991-1992
Box   2
Folder   7
Driggers, Ken, agricultural law research, 1986-1987
Box   2
Folder   8
Farm Aid, 1985-1998
Box   2
Folder   9
Farm Assistance Project, Agricultural Resources Center (ARC), 1987-1991
Box   2
Folder   10-11
Farm Plan Associates Project, 1991-1995
Box   2
Folder   12
Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) debt restructuring, 1983-1992
Farm Survival Project (FSP)
Box   2
Folder   13
General, 1984-1990
Box   2
Folder   14
Alternative agriculture conference (March 14, 1990), 1989-1990
Box   2
Folder   15
Appalachian Economic Crisis report: draft / Commission on Religion in Appalachia (CORA), 1986
Box   2
Folder   16
Black land loss, 1985-1989
Box   2
Folder   17
Farmer cooperatives, 1980s
Box   2
Folder   18
Lawyer contacts, 1984-1985
Box   2
Folder   19
Monthly work plans, 1988 -1990
Newsletter: see under United Farmers Organization (UFO).
Box   2
Folder   20-21
Organizing materials, 1985-1990, undated
Box   2
Folder   22
Progress reports, 1989
Box   2
Folder   23
Readings, 1983-1991, undated
Box   2
Folder   24
Rural Crisis in South Carolina: Consultation on the Church and the Rural Crisis, Leesville, South Carolina (February 9-10, 1988), 1988
Box   2
Folder   25
Small Farms Cooperative Development (SFCD), South Carolina, 1987 April-May
Box   2
Folder   26
State organic labeling bills, 1988-1990
Box   2
Folder   27
Support of United Farmers Organization (UFO), 1984-1989
Whatley, Booker T.
Note: See M2018-071 for further issues of the Whatley Farms newsletter.
Box   2
Folder   28
General, 1981-1982
Box   2
Folder   29
Film transcript, 1986
Box   2
Folder   30
Georgia food policy analysis, 1986-1987
National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC)
1990 Farm Bill
Box   2
Folder   31-32
General, 1990-1991
Box   2
Folder   33
Strategy, 1989-1990
Box   2
Folder   34-35
Annual meetings, 1989-1993
Committees
Box   2
Folder   36-37
Ag Policy Committee, trade, 1987-2007
Box   2
Folder   38
Dairy Committee, 1988-1995, 2009
Box   2
Folder   39
BGH issue, 1988-1994
Box   3
Folder   1
Executive Committee, 1989-1992
Box   3
Folder   2-3
Sustainable Agriculture Sub-committee, 1989-1991
Box   3
Folder   4
Consumer booklet: drafts, 1989
Box   3
Folder   4A
Farmers' Declaration on Genetic Engineering (GE), 1999 November
Box   3
Folder   5
Funding, Campaign for Human Development (CHD), 1989
Box   3
Folder   6-7
Pure Milk Campaign, 1990-1992
Box   3
Folder   8
Save Family Farms Campaign, 1991
National Save the Family Farm Coalition (NSFFC)
Box   3
Folder   9-10
Annual meeting, 1987 December 5-6, 1988 December
Box   3
Folder   11
Board of Directors and Executive Committee materials, 1986-1989
Box   3
Folder   12
Board mailing, 1989 January
Box   3
Folder   13
Drought aid, 1988
Box   3
Folder   14
Position papers, 1987-1989
Box   3
Folder   15
Price and Credit Committee, 1986-1990
Box   3
Folder   16
Save the Family Farm Act open letter, 1987
Box   3
Folder   17
Presidential candidates, farm platforms, 1987-1988
Box   3
Folder   18-20
Rural Organizing Committee (ROC), 1990-1993
South Carolina Christian Action Council (SCCAC)
Note: See M2018-071 for related publication.
Box   3
Folder   21
Farm Crisis Team, 1989-1991
Box   3
Folder   22
Farm and Environmental Coalition, 1991-1995
Box   3
Folder   23
Sustainable agriculture conversation, 1993 April
Box   3
Folder   24
South Carolina Sustainable Agriculture Network (SCSAN), 1994-1997
Box   3
Folder   25A-B
South Carolina sustainable agriculture initiatives, 1982-1997, undated
Box   3
Folder   26
South Carolina wetlands steering committee, 1992-1995
Box   3
Folder   27
Tax reform, 1985
Box   3
Folder   28
Tennessee Alternative Growers Association (TAGA), 1980-1995
United Farmers Organization (UFO)
Box   3
Folder   29
General, 1984-1991, undated
Note: Includes Farm Survival News newsletters: 1984 Summer, 1984 Fall, 1986 Summer, 1987 Fall. See M2018-071 for other UFO newsletters.
Box   3
Folder   30
Annual meetings, 1985, 1987-1991
Box   3
Folder   31-32
Board of Directors meeting materials, 1986-1992
Committees
Box   3
Folder   33
General, 1987-1990
Box   3
Folder   34
Commodities, 1985-1991
Box   3
Folder   35
Farm Rescue, 1985-1990
Box   3
Folder   36
Legislative, 1985-1991
Box   3
Folder   37
Fact sheets, 1985
Box   3
Folder   38
Farmer to Farmer, 1987-1988, 1993
Box   3
Folder   39
Member, Board of Directors, and hotline mailing lists, 1987-1991
Series: SSAWG and SARE
Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SAWG)
Box   3
Folder   40
BGH Labeling Committee, 1994
Box   3
Folder   41
Chronological files, 1989-1990
Box   4
Folder   1-2
Chronological files, 1991-1992
Box   4
Folder   3-4
Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MSAWG) meetings, 1989-1998
Note: SAWG became known as MSAWG after the formation of other regional SAWGs.
Box   4
Folder   5
MSAWG/ Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC) fly-in, 2003
Box   4
Folder   6
National, 1991-1997
Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG)
Box   4
Folder   7-8
General, 1993
Box   4
Folder   9-10
1995 Farm Bill, 1993-1994
Box   4
Folder   11
Annual conferences, 1991-1999
Box   4
Folder   12
At Eco-Fair, 1993
Box   4
Folder   13
Annual conferences, 2000-2013
Box   4
Folder   14
Clinton, Bill, President, sign-on letter to, 1993-1994
Box   4
Folder   15
Community Food Security Act, 1995
Box   4
Folder   16
Community supported agriculture (CSA) project (OFRF), 1996-1997
Box   4
Folder   17-19
Correspondence, 1992-2003
Box   4
Folder   20
Direct marketing, other states, 1984-1987
Box   4
Folder   21
Farmer First project, 1992-1993
Box   4
Folder   22
Funding, 1991-1993
Kellogg projects
Box   4
Folder   23-24
Integrated Farming Systems (IFS)/Sustainable agriculture marketing network, 1996-1998
Box   4
Folder   25
Land grant colleges of agriculture, professions education meeting (January 13-15, 1993), 1992-1993
Low-input sustainable agriculture (LISA)
Box   4
Folder   26-27
General, 1988-1991
Box   4
Folder   28
Grant applications, evaluations, 1989
Box   4
Folder   29-30
North Central Region Administrative Council Handbook, 1990 May
Box   4
Folder   31
North Central Region Technical Committee, 1991-1992
Box   4
Folder   32
Training and Development Resources (TDR), 1990
Box   4
Folder   33
Mailings, meetings, 1991-1993
Box   5
Folder   1
Marketing Committee and newsletter, 1992-1998
Box   5
Folder   1A
Incubator project, 1999-2000, 2003
Box   5
Folder   2
Marketing proposal, 1996-1997
Box   5
Folder   3
Member directories, 1990s?
Box   5
Folder   4
Member groups and Farm Bill, 1994
Box   5
Folder   5
Minnesota sustainable agriculture initiative, 1994-1995, 2003
Box   5
Folder   6
Mississippi sustainable agriculture workshop, strategic plan, 1991, 1994-1995
Box   5
Folder   7
Pesticide reduction, 1995
Box   5
Folder   8
Policy Committee, 1996-2001
Presentations
Box   5
Folder   9
Calloway Gardens, Georgia (March 1993), 1992-1993
Box   5
Folder   10
National Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Council (NSAAC), 1993 June
Box   5
Folder   11
President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD), 1993 July 5
Box   5
Folder   12
Rural development legislation and organic, 1993-1994
Box   5
Folder   13
Southeast sustainable agriculture workshop, 1993 November 1-2
Box   5
Folder   14
Southern Certifiers Caucus (SCC), 1992-1997
Box   5
Folder   15
Spreading Success: State policy on sustainable agriculture workshop, 1990
Box   5
Folder   16
State grant programs, 1997
Note: Alaska, Hawaii, Minnesota, North Carolina (Ways to Grow), North Dakota.
State of the South project
Box   5
Folder   17-19
General, 1994-1995
Box   5
Folder   20
Strategic plan, 1992-1993
Box   5
Folder   21
State sustainable agriculture strategic planning, 1995
Box   5
Folder   22-32
Steering committee, 1992-1999
Box   5
Folder   33
Structure, policies, 1994, undated
Survey
Box   5
Folder   34
Organic producers, 1992-1993
Box   5
Folder   35
Produce buyers, 1992-1993
Box   5
Folder   36
Sustainable agriculture constraints, focus group results, 1993 January-March
Box   5
Folder   37
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Committee, 1995-1996
Box   5
Folder   38
Sustainable agriculture roundtable, United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA), 1995 March-April
Box   5
Folder   39
Sustainable agriculture training program (SARE), 1994-1995
Box   5
Folder   40
Executive Leadership Council, 1994
Box   6
Folder   1-2
SARE/ACE training coordinator proposals, 1994
Box   6
Folder   3
Virginia Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (VA SAWG), 1992
Box   6
Folder   4
Visioning project, Wallace Institute, 1997-1999
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
Box   6
Folder   5
Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP) Sustainable Agriculture Customer Conference (May 28, 1993), 1993 April-June
Box   6
Folder   6-7
National Research Initiative (NRI), meetings with research and extension directors, 1992-1993
Box   6
Folder   8
South Carolina SARE extension training, 1993-1995
Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SSARE)
Box   6
Folder   9-10
General, 1991-1992, 1994
Box   6
Folder   11-12
Accountability, 1992-1993
Box   6
Folder   13-17
Agriculture in Concert with the Environment (SSARE/ACE) Administrative Council (AC) meetings, 1992-2002
Note: Includes grant proposals for projects.
Box   6
Folder   18
Beneficial insect habitats project, 1993-1996
Box   6
Folder   19-22, 24-26, 28
Grant proposals, 1992-1993, 1995-1998
Box   6
Folder   23
Trantham, Tom, 1987-1993, 2003
Box   6
Folder   27
Meetings, 1996
Box   6
Folder   29
Grant report, 1997 May
Box   6
Folder   30
Professional development workshops, 1997 January, 1999 January
Box   6
Folder   31-32
Structure of Southern Agriculture project, 1996-1999, 2001
Note: Impacts on Agricultural Sustainability from Structural Change in Peanut, Poultry, Swine and Tobacco Production Systems project (LS97-85). Hal Hamilton and Michael Sligh, project co-ordinators.
Box   6
Folder   33
Survey, 2010
Box   6
Folder   34
Tobacco growers survey, 1999
Box   7
Folder   1
Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC)/SARE meetings, 1996
Series: National Sustainable Agriculture Organizations
Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA)
Note: Later known as the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (NCSA).
Box   7
Folder   2
General, 1991, 1994-1997
1995 Farm Bill
Box   7
Folder   3
General, 1994-1995
Box   7
Folder   4-6
Packets: Participants, Representatives, 1995 February-April
Box   7
Folder   7
Administrative initiatives report card, 1997 February
Box   7
Folder   8-11
Responses to survey on future of CSA, 1996
Box   7
Folder   12
Synthesis Committee, 1996
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (NCSA)
Box   7
Folder   13
2002 Farm bill, 1999, 2001
Box   7
Folder   14-15
Annual meetings, 1996-2001
Box   7
Folder   16
Campaign issues, 1997
Box   7
Folder   17
Capacity building project, 1996-1998
Committees
Box   7
Folder   18
General, 1996-2007
Box   7
Folder   19
Competition and Concentration Committee, 1999-2005
Box   7
Folder   19A
USDA Competition issues in agriculture workshop, 2010 March 12
Box   7
Folder   19B
Visions for the Millennium: Structural Changes Facing Livestock and Grain Industries conference, 2000 May
Box   7
Folder   20
Crop Insurance Committee, 1997
Box   7
Folder   21
Genetic Engineering in Agriculture Committee, 2004
Organic Committee
Box   7
Folder   22
2007 Farm Bill, 2005-2006
Box   7
Folder   23
Avery, Dennis, editorial, 1998 August-September
Box   7
Folder   24-25
Correspondence, 1998-2006
Box   7
Folder   26-28
Harvey amicus curiae brief
Note: Arthur Harvey case.
Box   7
Folder   29-31
Meeting materials, 1998-2008
Box   7
Folder   32-35
D.C. organic meetings, 1998-1999, 2002-2004
Box   7
Folder   36-37
NOSB comments, 2000-2001, 2003
Box   7
Folder   38
Social criteria packet, 1999
Box   7
Folder   39-40
Tabard Inn organic meetings, 2002-2005
Box   7
Folder   41
Veneman sign-on letter, 2004 April-May
Box   8
Folder   1-3
Organic Rule Core Group, 1997-1998
Box   8
Folder   4
Organic meetings on proposed rule, 1998
Box   8
Folder   5
Final rule organic meeting, 2001 February
Box   8
Folder   6
Research Marketing Committee, 2000
Box   8
Folder   7
Steering Committee, 1998-2004
Box   8
Folder   8
Stewardship Initiatives Committee, 2000
Box   8
Folder   9
Synthesis Committee, 1996
Note: NCSA/ Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA).
Commodity Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Box   8
Folder   10-11
General, 2002-2006
Box   8
Folder   12
Workshop (April 29-May 2, 2005) materials, 2005
Box   8
Folder   13
Conservation Security Program (CSP), 2002, 2004
Box   8
Folder   14-15
Correspondence, 1996-2003
Box   8
Folder   16
Grant proposals, 1996-1998
Box   8
Folder   17
Fund for Rural America (FRA), 1996-1998
Box   8
Folder   18
Small Farms Commission, 1997-1998
Note: Includes Michael Sligh testimony on September 12, 1997.
Box   8
Folder   19-20
Sustainable agriculture roundtable, 2003-2004
Box   8
Folder   21
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (NCSA)/Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC) dialogue, 2008 March-May
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
Box   8
Folder   22
General, 1998-2010, undated
Box   8
Folder   23
2012 Farm Bill, 2010-2012
Box   8
Folder   24
Farmer fly-in, agriculture appropriations, 2009 July 7-8
Box   8
Folder   25
Food safety, GE task forces, 2010-2013
Box   8
Folder   26
Immigration reform, 2013
Box   8
Folder   27-34
Meetings, 2009-2013, 2018
Box   44
Folder   1-5
Meetings, 2014-2017
Box   8
Folder   35
Policy Council, 2010-2012
Box   8
Folder   36
REE Committee, 2012
National Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Council (NSAAC)
Box   8
Folder   37
Member lists, 1994-1995
National Sustainable Agriculture Coordinating Council (NSACC)
Box   8
Folder   38
Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA), 1994
Box   8
Folder   39
Meetings, 1992-1994
National Dialogue for Sustainable Agriculture
Box   8
Folder   40
1995 Farm Bill, 1992-1994
Box   8
Folder   41-42
Policy options, 1993-1994
Box   8
Folder   43
Ballot results, 1994 February
Box   8
Folder   44
Clinton, Bill, President, sign-on letter to, 1992 December-1993 January
Box   8
Folder   45-46
Committees, 1993-1994
Box   9
Folder   1
Marketing and Organics Issues Committee, 1993-1994
Box   9
Folder   2
Workshops, 1993
Box   9
Folder   3
Sustainable Agriculture: Work in Progress/Directions for the Future: summit meeting (February 28, 1994), 1992-1994
Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC)
Box   9
Folder   4
General, 1993-2008
Box   9
Folder   5
Climate change position paper, comments, 2008
Box   9
Folder   6
Email alerts, 2000-2008
Box   9
Folder   7
Membership appeals, 2002-2003, 2007
Box   9
Folder   8
Winter meeting, 2008 January
Series: NOP and NOSB
National Organic Program (NOP)
Box   9
Folder   9
General, 1994-2011, undated
Accreditation program
Box   9
Folder   10
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) audit report, 2005, 2010
Box   9
Folder   11
Center for Food Safety (CFS) report, 2006 May
Box   9
Folder   12
Appeals process, 1994, 2000-2006, 2012
Box   9
Folder   13
Country Hen/Massachusetts Independent Certification Inc. (MICI) case, 2002-2005
Box   9
Folder   14
Aquaculture standards briefing materials, 1999-2000
Box   9
Folder   15
Articles, reports, 1990-1998
Box   9
Folder   16
China, 2010 organic assessment of, 2011 July
Final rule
Box   43
Folder   7-11
Annotated copy with changes based on comments, 2000?
Box   9
Folder   17
Implementation, 2002, undated
Box   44
Folder   6
Implementation report card, 2002?
Harvey, Arthur case, 2006
Box   9
Folder   18
Comments, statements, 2005-2006, undated
Box   9
Folder   19
Correspondence regarding, 2004-2006
Box   9
Folder   20
Dairy herd conversion feed, 2005
Box   9
Folder   21
Legal documents, papers, 2004-2005, undated
Box   9
Folder   22
News clippings, 2005-2010
Box   9
Folder   23
NGO/OTA dialogue meetings, 2005 March-April
Box   9
Folder   24
Post-Harvey proposed OFPA amendments, 2005
Box   9
Folder   25
Reports, OTA, NOP, 2005, 2006
Box   9
Folder   26
Synthetics in organic processing, 2005
Box   9
Folder   26A
Organic integrity database, 2014 December
Proposed rule
Box   9
Folder   27-33
Annotated copy, 1997 December 16, 2000
Box   9
Folder   34
Working copy, 1997 December 16
Box   9
Folder   35
Biotechnology, 1997
Box   9
Folder   36
Certifier issues, 1997-1998
Box   9
Folder   37-38
Comments, 1995-2000
Box   9
Folder   39
Demeter Association, 1998
Box   9
Folder   40
Farm Verified Organic (FVO): draft, 1998 March 12
Box   9
Folder   41
Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS), 1998 April 30
Box   9
Folder   42
IOIA, 1997-2000
Box   9
Folder   43
Leahy, Patrick, Senator, 1998 April
Box   9
Folder   44
Mothers and Others, 1998 March
Box   10
Folder   1
OMRI, 1997-1998
Box   10
Folder   2-4
OTA, 1998-2000
Box   10
Folder   5
Organic Watch, 1997-2000
Box   10
Folder   6
RAFI-USA, 2000 May 20
Box   10
Folder   7
Sligh, Michael, 1998 March 16
Box   43
Folder   12
Wallace Institute, 1998 April 30
Box   10
Folder   8
Correspondence, 1995-1998
Box   10
Folder   9
Issue paper comments, 1998-1999
Box   10
Folder   10
Issues for NOSB, 1998 March-April
Box   10
Folder   11
News clippings, 1997-1998
Box   10
Folder   12
News conference, 1998 April 30
Box   10
Folder   13
Organic rule meeting, 1998 January-February
Box   10
Folder   14
Packet, 1997 December 15, 17
Box   10
Folder   15-16
Public comments campaign, 1997-1999
Box   10
Folder   17
Strategy, 1998
Box   10
Folder   18
Sound and Sensible Initiative, 2012-2014
Box   10
Folder   19
White papers on organic issues: drafts, 2004
National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)
Administrative
Box   10
Folder   20-21
General, 1992-1999
Box   10
Folder   22
Establishment of board, 1989-1992
Box   10
Folder   23
Meetings of officers and chairs, 1992-1997, 2001
Box   10
Folder   24
Articles on, 1990-1992
Box   10
Folder   25
Assessment project, 2013
Box   10
Folder   26
Biodiversity standards: draft guidance, 2011?
Biotechnology
Box   10
Folder   27
General, 1992-1996
Box   10
Folder   28
Biotechnology Task Force, 1990-1996
Box   10
Folder   29-30
Comments, 1992-1997
Box   10
Folder   31-39
Board meetings, 1992-1999, 2003-2007, 2012-2015
Certification
Box   11
Folder   1
General, 1993-2010
Box   11
Folder   2
Articles and reports, 1991-1996
Box   11
Folder   3
California, 1993-1998
Box   11
Folder   4
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), 1992-1996
International
Box   11
Folder   5
Australia, Denmark, Germany, 1992-1994
Note: See also Accreditation - Other programs.
Box   11
Folder   6
Canada, 1989-1993
Box   11
Folder   7
United Kingdom (UK), 1991?
Box   11
Folder   8
Organic Certifiers Caucus, Organic Certifiers Council (OCC), 1992-1997, 2002
Box   11
Folder   9-10
Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA), 1991-1995
Box   11
Folder   11
Organic Farmers Association Council (OFAC), 1989-1992
Box   11
Folder   12
Organic Foods Production Association of North America (OFPANA)/Organic Trade Association (OTA), 1990-1995
Box   11
Folder   13
Guidelines, 1988, 1992
Box   11
Folder   14-17
Texas organic program, 1992, undated
Box   11
Folder   18-20
Other organizations, 1992-1996
Committees
Accreditation Committee
Box   11
Folder   21-24
General, 1992-1995, 1998-2001
Note: Includes Lynn Coody testimony, October 15, 2001.
Accreditation program, 1992-1993
Box   11
Folder   25
Draft, 1992-1994
Box   11
Folder   26
Benbrook draft #2, 1993 March
Box   11
Folder   27-28
Comments, 1992-1996
Box   11
Folder   29-30
Internal correspondence, 1992
Box   12
Folder   1-3
Internal correspondence, 1992 (continued)-1994
Box   12
Folder   4
IFOAM, 1989-1994
Box   12
Folder   5-6
Meetings, 1991-1996
Box   12
Folder   7
Other programs, 1986-1995
Box   12
Folder   8
Certification, Accreditation, and Compliance Committee (CACC), 2008
Crops Standards Committee
Box   12
Folder   9
General, 1992-1996
Note: Includes meeting minutes.
Box   12
Folder   10
Antibiotics, 2011, 2013
Box   12
Folder   11
Articles and reports, 1974-1994
Box   12
Folder   12-16
Comments, 1992-1996
Crop materials review
Box   12
Folder   17-18
1995 April
Box   12
Folder   19-20
1995 October
Box   12
Folder   21-22
1996 September
Box   12
Folder   23
Cropping checksheets, National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), 2002
Box   12
Folder   24-25
Internal correspondence, 1992-1996
Note: Includes position papers.
Box   12
Folder   26-27
Standards draft, position papers, 1992-1994
Box   12
Folder   28
Executive Committee, 1993, 2001, 2004, 2012
Box   12
Folder   29-34
Full Committee meeting agenda and minutes, 1992-1996
Box   12
Folder   35
GMO Ad hoc Subcommittee, 2012
International Issues Committee
Box   12
Folder   36
General, 1992
Box   13
Folder   1-2
General, 1992 (continued)-1995
Box   13
Folder   3
Comments, 1993-1994
Box   13
Folder   4
Internal correspondence, 1992-1996
Box   13
Folder   5
Other, 1992-1994
Livestock Committee
Box   13
Folder   6-7
General, 1993-1994, 2001-2008
Box   13
Folder   8
Animal welfare standards, 1998-2012
Box   13
Folder   9
Articles and reports, 1990-1994
Box   13
Folder   10-18
Comments, 1993-1998, 2002, 2011
Box   13
Folder   19
Dairy Pasture Symposium panel, 2006 April
Box   13
Folder   20
Drafts, 1992-1995
Box   13
Folder   21-22
Internal correspondence, 1991-1999
Livestock materials review
Box   13
Folder   23
1995 October
Box   13
Folder   24
1996 September
Box   13
Folder   25
Meetings, 1992-1995, 2001
Box   13
Folder   26
Organic dairy, 1998-2014
Note: Includes information on Aurora and Horizon dairy operations.
Box   13
Folder   27
Organic livestock hearings, 1994
Box   13
Folder   28
Organic livestock survey, undated
Box   13
Folder   29
Organic meat labeling, 1997-1998
Box   13
Folder   30
Other standards drafts, 1997-1999
Note: Aquaculture, honey.
Materials Committee
Box   13
Folder   31
General, 1992-1996, 2001, 2005
Box   13
Folder   32-35
Comments, 1992-1996
Box   13
Folder   36
Coody, Lynn, 1990-2005
Box   14
Folder   1
Drafts, 1993
Box   14
Folder   2
Inert Materials Task Force, 1993-1996
Box   14
Folder   3-5
Internal correspondence, 1992-1993, 1995, undated
Materials reviews
Box   14
Folder   6-9
#1, 1994 October
Box   14
Folder   10-12
1995 April
Box   14
Folder   13-14
1995 October
Box   14
Folder   15
1996 September
Box   14
Folder   16
Meetings, 1992-1995
National List
Box   14
Folder   17-18
General, 1990-2012
Box   14
Folder   19
Cornucopia Institute comments, 2012 May 3
Box   14
Folder   20
Decisions, 1996-2003
Box   14
Folder   21
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, 2001-2002
Box   14
Folder   22
Internal correspondence, 1993-1995
Box   14
Folder   23
NOSB comments to NOP regarding, 1998 March 17
Box   14
Folder   24
Organic Materials Review Institute, 1996-1997, 2000-2003
Box   14
Folder   25
Ozark Small Farm Viability Project (OSFVP) comments, 1993
Box   14
Folder   26
Peer Review Panels (PRP), 1993-1994, 2001-2003
Box   14
Folder   27
PRP petition, Center for Food Safety (CFS), 2002 October
Box   14
Folder   28
Resolution of focus, sunshine, 1994-1995
Box   14
Folder   29
Sunset provisions, 2005-2006, 2013-2014
Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)
Box   14
Folder   30
General, 1992-1995
Box   14
Folder   31
Product information, 1993-1995
Box   14
Folder   32-33
Reviews, 1995-1996
Box   14
Folder   34
Sonnabend, Zea, 1992-1995
Box   14
Folder   35
Policy Development Committee, 2003-2004, undated
Processing, Handling, and Labeling (PHL) Committee
Box   14
Folder   36-37
General, 1992-1994
Box   15
Folder   1
General, 1994-1996, 1999-2006
Box   15
Folder   2
Processing, articles and reports, 1986-1996
Box   15
Folder   3-9
Comments, 1992-1999, 2002
Box   15
Folder   10
Drafts, 1992-1994
Box   15
Folder   11
Organic fiber, 1996
Processing materials reviews: See under Materials reviews
Correspondence
Box   15
Folder   12-14
General (Sligh), 1992-2017
Box   15
Folder   15-16
Farmers Legal Action Group (FLAG), 1992-1996
Box   15
Folder   17-20
Internal, 1992-1996
Box   15
Folder   21
Other, 1992-1995
Box   15
Folder   22
Document drafts, 1994-1996
Box   15
Folder   23
Government bills and regulations, 1986-1993
Box   15
Folder   24
Mailing lists, 1992-1994
Box   15
Folder   25
Organic marketing, 1992-1996
Box   15
Folder   26-27
Pesticides, articles and reports, 1962-1996
Box   15
Folder   28
Presentations, 1994, undated
Box   15
Folder   29-33
Public comments and testimony, 1992-1994
Box   16
Folder   1-3
Public comments and testimony, 1995-1996
Box   16
Folder   4
Recommendations to USDA, 1998-2011
Box   16
Folder   5-6
Drafts, 1994-1998
Box   16
Folder   7
Deal breakers guide: drafts, 1997
Box   16
Folder   8-9
Final, 1994-1996
Box   16
Folder   10
Final recommendations kit, 1997 April-May
Box   16
Folder   11
Rulemaking and litigation analysis: draft, 1996 March 4
Box   16
Folder   12-13
Smallholder group certification, 2001-2003, 2007-2008
Surveys
Box   16
Folder   14
Consumer and grower, 1992-1996
Box   16
Folder   15-16
USDA, 1992-1996, undated
Box   16
Folder   17
USDA positions, reports, 1992-1996
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
Series: Other Organizational Files - Organic Agriculture
Box   25
Folder   8
International Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (IASA), 1984-1985
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Box   25
Folder   9-10
General, 1995-2013, undated
Box   25
Folder   11-12
Accreditation Committee, 2001
Box   25
Folder   13
Accreditation program, 1994-2000
Box   25
Folder   14-17
Screening reports/evaluation questionnaires and worksheets, 1996-2000
Box   25
Folder   18
Coexistence between GM and non-GM crops: position paper, 2003 October
Conference materials
Box   25
Folder   19-20
General, 1993, 1995-1998, 2004-2005
Box   25
Folder   21
1st World Conference on Organic Seed report, 2004 July
Box   25
Folder   22
6th International Conference on Organic Trade, 1999
Box   25
Folder   23
7th International Conference on Organic Trade, 2003 November
Box   25
Folder   24
9th International Scientific Conference (November 1992), 1990-1992
Box   25
Folder   25
10th International Organic Agriculture Conference, 1994
Box   25
Folder   26
13th International Scientific Conference, 2000
Box   25
Folder   27
14th Organic World Congress (OWC, August 21-28, 2002), 2002
Box   25
Folder   28
Social justice meeting, 2002 August 20-21
Box   25
Folder   29
"Combining Organic and Fair Trade Certification," 17th Organic World Conference (September 28-October 1, 2011), workshop presentation, 2011
Box   25
Folder   30
18th Organic World Conference (October 13-15, 2014), seed panel, 2014
Box   25
Folder   31-31A
IFOAM Basic Standards (IBS) revision, 2001-2006
Box   25
Folder   32
International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (ITF), 2004?, 2006
Organic Guarantee Systems (OGS)
Box   25
Folder   33
General, 2002-2011
Box   25
Folder   34
Joint strategy session with IOAS, 2003 March
Box   25
Folder   35
Meeting at BioFach, 2004 January-February
Box   25
Folder   36
Position paper drafts, 2010-2015
Box   25
Folder   37
Reports, papers, 2000, 2004, 2011-2015
Box   25
Folder   38
Social justice standards, 2001-2008
Box   25
Folder   39
Standards Committee, 1992-1994
Box   25
Folder   40
Sustainable Organic Agriculture Action Network (SOAAN), 2012- 2015
Box   25
Folder   41
Workshop on standards for organic plant breeding programs, 2009 August
Box   25
Folder   42
World Board candidate questionnaires, 2008
Box   26
Folder   1
Independent Accreditation Steering Committee (IASC), 1998 May-September
International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS)
Accreditation Committee
Box   26
Folder   2
Appointment (Sligh), 2000
Box   26
Folder   3-5
Meeting materials, 2000-2002
Box   26
Folder   6-7
Screening and surveillance reports, 2000-2002
Box   26
Folder   8-9
Accreditation program, 1998-2003, 2007-2014, undated
Box   26
Folder   10
Operating manual, application forms, 1998, 2008, 2010
Box   26
Folder   11
Core values session (October 14, 2012), 2012 September
Box   26
Folder   12-13
Correspondence, 1998-2012
Box   26
Folder   14
GMO Task Force, 2001-2003
Box   26
Folder   15
ITF, OGS, 1997, 2004
Box   26
Folder   16
KRAV and Soil Association Certification (SA Cert), 2002-2004
Box   26
Folder   17-19
Meetings, 2001-2002, 2003-2006, 2014 February, 2015 April
Box   26
Folder   20-21
Board of Directors meeting, 2001 March
Box   26
Folder   22
Pilot study on fraud, 2007-2008
Box   26
Folder   23
Seminar on organic integrity, 2017 November 8
National Organic Coalition (NOC)
Box   26
Folder   24
Bring Back Organic campaign: draft, 2014 February 18
Box   26
Folder   25
Correspondence, 2007-2012
Box   26
Folder   26-27
Etka, Steven, Etka Consulting, 2001-2014
Box   26
Folder   28
Executive Committee, 2012-2013
Box   26
Folder   29-33
Fly-ins, Hill days, 2012-2015, 2018-2019
Note: Fly-in packet for June 2014 includes discussion of organic farmer organization and potential role in policy development.
Box   26
Folder   34
Funding, 2004, 2012?
Box   26
Folder   35
Genetically engineered (GE) crops, contamination, 2010-2015
Box   26
Folder   36
McEvoy, Miles, meetings and correspondence with, 2010-2011
Meetings
Box   26
Folder   37-41
General, 2007-2012
Box   26
Folder   42
Annual, 2017 June
Box   26
Folder   43
Merrigan, Kathleen, Deputy Secretary, USDA, 2009, 2011
Box   26
Folder   44-47
Pre-NOSB, 2010-2011, 2016-2018
Box   26
Folder   48
Semi-annual, 2012-2013
Box   26
Folder   49
Vilsack, Tom, Secretary, USDA, 2013
Box   26
Folder   50
Sign-on letter to, 2011
Box   27
Folder   1
NOSB, comments to, 2007-2015
Box   27
Folder   2
Non-GMO Project concerns, 2011
Box   27
Folder   3
Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Forum (Non-GMO Summit, June 28-29, 2011), 2011 April-June
Box   27
Folder   4
Organic integrity, imports, 2017-2018
Box   27
Folder   5
Save Our Organic Standards (SOS) campaign, 2003
Box   27
Folder   6
Testimony, Michael Sligh, "The National Organic Law at 20" hearing, 2010 September 15
Note: Also includes OTA statement.
Box   27
Folder   7
Transition Committee, 2014
Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
Box   27
Folder   8
Save Organic Standards (SOS) campaign kit, 1997-1998, undated
Box   27
Folder   9
Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA), 1996-1997
Note: Glacial Ridge case.
Box   27
Folder   10
Organic Farmers' Agency for Relationship Marketing (OFARM), 2001, 2004, 2008
Box   27
Folder   11
Organic Farmers Association (OFA), 2014-2018
Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF)
Box   27
Folder   12
General, 1995-2011
Box   27
Folder   13
Conferences, 1993-2001
Box   27
Folder   14
Organic Rules: Are We Ready?, 1997
Box   27
Folder   15-16
Legislative briefing materials, 2003 April 10, September 3
National Organic Farmers' Survey
Box   27
Folder   17
4th National Organic Farmers' Survey, presentation, 2003 May 16
Box   27
Folder   18
Advisory Committee, 1997-1998
Box   27
Folder   19
Survey results, 1993
Box   27
Folder   20
Organic Summit, 2007 June 20-22
Box   27
Folder   21
Organic Foods Production Association of North America (OFPANA), 1992
Note: OFPANA was the predecessor of the Organic Trade Association (OTA). Includes Organic Harvest Month promotion materials for September 1992.
Box   27
Folder   22
Organic Futures Group (OFG), 2011
Box   27
Folder   23
Organic Small Farm Viability Project (OSFVP), national organic marketing co-operative, 1991-1996
Organic Trade Association (OTA)
Box   27
Folder   24
General, 1994-2012
Box   27
Folder   25
2007 Farm Bill, 2005-2006
American Organic Standards (AOS) project
Box   27
Folder   26-27
General, 1999-2004
Box   27
Folder   28-30
Drafts, 1999 June 1, August 1, October 1
Box   27
Folder   31-33
Congressional Education Day, 2001 October 11, 2002 October 3, 2003 September 4
Box   27
Folder   34
Ethics Committee, 1999 September
Box   27
Folder   35
Fieldale case, 2002 June
Box   27
Folder   36
Legislative policy summit, 2003
Box   27
Folder   37
Organic trade data, 2000-2007
Box   27
Folder   38
Positions on 1st proposed rule, 1996 April-1998 March
Box   27
Folder   39
Technical Advisory Committee, 2005
Box   27
Folder   40
Organic Watch, 1998-1999
Box   27
Folder   41
Organic Working Group, 1990-1995
Box   27
Folder   42
Regenerative Organic Alliance, 2017-2018
Box   27
Folder   43
Southeastern African-American Organic Farmers Network, 2007
Series: Agricultural Justice and Fair Trade
Agricultural justice project (AJP)
Note: Joint project of El Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas (CATA), RAFI-USA, Peacework Organic Farm, and Quality Certification Services (QCS).
Box   27
Folder   44
General, 2004-2015, undated
Note: Includes brochures and standards document, The Agricultural Justice Project: Social Stewardship Standards in Organic and Sustainable Agriculture / by Elizabeth Henderson, Richard Mandelbaum, Oscar Mendieta, and Michael Sligh, primary authors, 2008. Also French version.
Box   27
Folder   45
Accreditation oversight, 2002-2011
Box   27
Folder   46-47
Advisory council meetings, 2004-2012
Box   27
Folder   48
By-laws, organizational structure, 2010-2013
Box   27
Folder   49
Certifier training, 2008-2011
Box   27
Folder   50
Correspondence, 2002-2015
Food Justice Certified labeling program
Box   27
Folder   51
General, 2007-2013
Box   27
Folder   52
Business plan, 2010-2012
Box   27
Folder   53
Farmer Direct application, 2007
Box   27
Folder   54
Information packet, 2008, 2010
Box   27
Folder   55
Market analysis, 2010 April
Box   27
Folder   56
Marketing plan, 2010
Box   27
Folder   57
Organic Valley (OV) training, 2012 June 18
Trainer's manual
Box   28
Folder   1
Draft, 2011 April 18-19
Box   28
Folder   2-4
2011 May 2-4
Box   28
Folder   5-7
2012 March 27-29
Box   28
Folder   8
Funding, 2004-2013
Box   28
Folder   9
Gap analysis, 2007?
Box   28
Folder   10
Internal meetings, 2008-2011
Box   28
Folder   11
Just Food Circle, 2001
Box   28
Folder   12-14
Labor standards, 1999-2013
Note: Other organizations.
Box   28
Folder   15
Memoranda of agreement (MOA), member organizations: drafts, 2007-2012
Box   28
Folder   16
Organically Grown Company, technical assistance to, 2010-2012
Box   28
Folder   17-20
Pilot project, 2004-2008, undated
Box   28
Folder   21
Progress report, 2005
Box   28
Folder   22
Social Accountability in Sustainable Agriculture (SASA) pilot audit report, 2004 September
Box   28
Folder   23
Swanton Berry Farm, 2006
Box   28
Folder   24
Training materials, 2005
Policy manual
Box   28
Folder   25-27
Drafts, 2010-2011
Box   28
Folder   28
Notes from other programs, 2009-2010
Box   28
Folder   29
Quality Certification Services (QCS), 2009-2015
Box   28
Folder   30-31
Social justice standards, 1997-2014
Note: Other organizations.
Box   28
Folder   32
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) sustainable agriculture standard, 2007-2011
Box   28
Folder   33
Spanish-language materials, 2003-2008
Box   28
Folder   34-35
Standards revision, 2005-2015
Box   29
Folder   1
Strategy session, 2002 February 21-22
Box   29
Folder   2
Toolkit of materials and resources for farmers, 2007, 2010
Box   29
Folder   3
Website, brochure copy, 2007
Fair Trade
Box   29
Folder   4
Articles, papers, reports, 1992-2014
Box   29
Folder   5
Bananas, 2001
Box   29
Folder   6
BioFach meeting, 2003 February
Box   29
Folder   7
Coffee, articles, reports, 2001-2012
Box   29
Folder   8
Conferences, meetings, 2003-2011
Box   29
Folder   9-10
Correspondence, 1999-2013, undated
Domestic Fair Trade Association (DFTA)
Box   29
Folder   11
General, 2006, undated
Box   29
Folder   12
Applications to, 2007, 2011
Box   29
Folder   13-16
Board of Directors meeting materials, 2005-2014
Box   29
Folder   17
Boston Accord, 2010-2011
Box   29
Folder   18
Criteria for evaluation: drafts, 2009-2010
Box   29
Folder   19
Fair Trade USA, statement on, 2012 January 9
Box   29
Folder   20
Funding, 2010
Box   29
Folder   21
Domestic Fair Trade Working Group (DFTWG)/Steering Committee, 2005-2008
Box   29
Folder   22
fairDeal standard, Farmer Direct Co-operative, 2005-2010
Box   29
Folder   23
Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ) application to Fair Trade Labelling Organization International (FLO), 2004
Box   29
Folder   24
Fires of Hope consultation, 2001 April
Box   29
Folder   25
Florida Organic Growers (FOG) survey, 2009
ISEAL Alliance
Box   29
Folder   26
Credibility Principles Steering Committee, 2012-2013
Box   29
Folder   27
Social Accountability in Sustainable Agriculture (SASA) project, 2001-2004
Box   29
Folder   28
Final report, 2004 August 10
Box   29
Folder   29
Sustainability framework, guidelines, 2010, 2012
Box   29
Folder   30
North American Agriculture Fair Trade Assembly (NAAFTA) Administrative Council meeting, 2005
Box   29
Folder   31
North American Fair Trade Stakeholders Summit, 2012
Box   29
Folder   32
North American Fair Trade Summit, 2011 October
Box   29
Folder   33
North American Social Justice Standards strategy session, 2004 September
Box   29
Folder   34
Real Food Calculator, 2010
Note: College campus food.
Box   29
Folder   35
Social justice in food labeling, 2002, 2008
Social justice workshop (SJW, November 3-5, 2003), Bangkok, Thailand
Box   29
Folder   36-37
General, 2002-2004
Box   29
Folder   38
Organics at the Crossroads: speech draft, 2003
Box   29
Folder   39
Planning group correspondence, meetings, 2002-2003
Box   29
Folder   40
Proceedings, drafts and final, 2004
Box   29
Folder   41
Social justice and social certification in sustainable agriculture survey, 2003?
Box   29
Folder   42
Terminology, 2011
Box   29
Folder   43
Uruguay Social Justice Forum working group meeting, 2005 February 2-5
Series: Biotechnology
Note: See also Speeches, presentations, keynote addresses under the Writings series.
Box   30
Folder   1-4
General, 1987-2011, undated
Box   30
Folder   5
Alliance for Better Foods biotech information, 1999
Box   30
Folder   6
Animal patenting, 1986-1997
Anti-bovine growth hormone (BGH) campaign
Box   30
Folder   7-11
General, 1986-1999, 2007-2008, undated
Box   30
Folder   12
Europe, 1989-1994
Box   30
Folder   13
Funding proposals, 1989-1990
Box   30
Folder   14
GATT/BGH Eastern Europe trip, 1990 May
Box   30
Folder   15-16
News clippings, 1986-1997, undated
Box   44
Folder   9
Numbered documents, 1990
Box   30
Folder   17
Papers, 1990, 1993, undated
Box   30
Folder   18
Pure Food Campaign boycott packet, 1992 September
Box   30
Folder   19-29
Articles, news clippings, 1987-2015
Box   30
Folder   30-33
Background papers, reports, 1987-2015
Box   31
Folder   1-2
Background papers, reports, 1987-2015 (continued)
Box   31
Folder   3
Biopiracy, 1994-2002
Note: Includes two RAFI papers, "An Overview of Bioprospecting" and "Intellectual Property: Fora and Focus for the Evolving Debate" / September 1994.
Box   31
Folder   4
BioPolicy Monitoring Programme project proposal, 1991
Biotech companies, background articles
Box   31
Folder   5
American Cyanamid, 1974-1989
Box   31
Folder   6
Cetus, 1982-1988
Box   31
Folder   7
Grace, W.R., 1976-1989
Box   31
Folder   8
Lilly, Eli, 1979-1989
Box   31
Folder   9
Monsanto, dioxin/BGH, 1974-1989
Box   31
Folder   10
Upjohn, Depo-Provera, 1976-1989
Box   31
Folder   11
Biotech film projects, 1988- 2005
Biotechnology working group (BWG)
Box   31
Folder   12-22
General, 1984-2000
Box   31
Folder   23
Biotech conference, 1990 November
Box   31
Folder   24-27
Europe and biotech, 1990-1992, 2004, undated
Box   31
Folder   28
Funding, 1990-1993
Box   31
Folder   29
Boulder meeting and follow-up, 2011
Box   31
Folder   30
Bt crops, 1991-2000
Box   31
Folder   31
National Forum on Insect Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) (April 15-16, 1996), 1996 January-April
Box   31
Folder   32
Bumper stickers, Resistance against Genetic Engineering, undated
Box   31
Folder   33-34
Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods, 1999-2004
Box   32
Folder   1
Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods, 1999-2004 (continued)
Box   32
Folder   2
Canada, 1998, 2001, undated
Center for Food Safety (CFS)
Box   32
Folder   3-4
General, 1999-2011
Box   32
Folder   5
California food and agriculture report card, 2006
Fatal Harvest (Andrew Kimbrell, ed.) chapter
Note: "Organics at the Crossroads: The Past and the Future of the Organic Movement."
Box   32
Folder   6
General, 1999-2003
Box   32
Folder   7
Press conference, 2002 October 16
Box   32
Folder   8
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, 2001
Box   32
Folder   9-12
Delta, Pine and Land Company (DP&L) documents, 1993-2001
Box   32
Folder   13
Legal petition regarding GE foods, 2000 March 21
Box   32
Folder   14
Organic agriculture presentation, 2005?
Box   32
Folder   15-18
Strategy meetings, 2003-2005, 2008, 2010
Box   32
Folder   19
Consumers International (CI) information packet, 2000
Box   32
Folder   20
Deliberate release, 1990-1991
Box   32
Folder   21
Developing countries, articles, 2002-2005
Box   32
Folder   22
Farmer to Farmer Campaign on Genetic Engineering (F2F), 2000-2005
Box   32
Folder   23
Rural development and biotechnology meeting, 2005 September
Box   32
Folder   24
Genetic Engineering Action Network, USA (GEAN-USA), 2000-2005
Box   32
Folder   25-26
GEactivists, 2000-2011
Box   32
Folder   27-28
Genetically engineered (GE) corn, 2000-2012
Box   32
Folder   29-30
Articles, reports, 1996-2012
Box   32
Folder   31
GE crops, regulation, co-existence, 1993, 2004-2016
Box   32
Folder   32-33
GE foods, articles, reports, 1992-2015
Box   32
Folder   34
GE strategy workshop, 1999 May
Box   32
Folder   35
Genetically modified organism (GMO) contamination, 2000-2014
Box   32
Folder   36
Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society (NPSAS), petition regarding transgenic contamination, 2002
Box   32
Folder   37
GMO farmer summit, (February 20-21, 2009), 2008-2009
Box   32
Folder   38
GMO labeling/testing campaign meeting, Bolinas, California, 1999 July
GMO strategic meeting, 2003 September 2
GMOs and European Union (EU), 2004
Box   32
Folder   39
Germany, 1990-1992, undated
Note: In German.
Box   32
Folder   40
Greenpeace Genetic Engineering Campaign, 1995-2005
Note: Includes GM Contamination Report / GeneWatch UK and Greenpeace International, 2005.
Box   33
Folder   1
Hunger, food insecurity, 2002-2005
Intellectual property rights (IPR)
Box   33
Folder   2
General, 1990-2013
Box   33
Folder   3
Articles, papers, 1989-2012
Box   33
Folder   4
Patent licenses (active) issued by/to USDA, 2000 March 30
Box   33
Folder   5
Plant Variety and Protection Act (PVPA), patenting, 1993-1994, 2014
Box   33
Folder   6
Supreme Court patent case, 2001
Box   33
Folder   7
UPOV (Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants) treaty, 1990-1992
Box   33
Folder   8
Keystone Center, biotech workshop, 1990
Lawsuits
Box   33
Folder   9
Canadian farmers, 2001-2003
Box   33
Folder   10
Regarding GE foods, 1998
Box   33
Folder   11
U.S. farmers, 2001-2002
Box   33
Folder   12-14
Legal strategy, liability meetings, 2001-2009
Box   33
Folder   15
Liability legislation, 1998-2005
Monsanto
Box   33
Folder   16-17
Articles, 1990-2015
Box   33
Folder   18
Lawsuits vs. farmers, 2001-2007
Box   33
Folder   19
Roundup Ready soybeans, 1996
Box   33
Folder   20
Schmeiser, Percy case, 1998- 2004
Box   33
Folder   21
Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet, 1999-2005
Box   33
Folder   22
Mothers for Natural Law, 1997-1999
Box   33
Folder   23
Nanotechnology, 2001-2010
Box   33
Folder   24
National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (NABC) meeting (May 31-June 2, 1998), 1997-1998
Box   33
Folder   25-26
Non-GMO Supply Working Group, 2013-2015
Box   33
Folder   26A
Organic Community Council proposal, undated
Box   33
Folder   27
Organic/GMO strategy summit, 2003 September
Box   33
Folder   28
Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI), comments on biotech foods, 2001
Box   33
Folder   29
Organic Summit (September 21, 2011), 2011
Plant-made pharmaceuticals: See under North Carolina agriculture
Box   33
Folder   30
Porcine somatotropin (PST), 1989-1991
Box   33
Folder   31
Progressive Farm Leaders Summit on Genetic Manipulation and Agriculture, 1999 September 11
Box   33
Folder   32
Rifkin, Jeremy, Foundation on Economic Trends (FET), marker-assisted selection (MAS), 2006
Box   33
Folder   33
Southern biotech research project, 1990
Box   33
Folder   34
State government regulation of, 1990, undated
Terminator project
Box   33
Folder   35-36
General, 1998-2001
Box   33
Folder   37-38
Articles, news clippings, 1998-2005, undated
Box   33
Folder   39
Correspondence, 1998-2006, 2010
Box   34
Folder   1
Funding, 1998-2001
Box   34
Folder   2
Opposition list, 1999 February
Box   34
Folder   3
Transgenic crops, 1994-2011
Box   34
Folder   4
Tryptophan, 1990
Box   34
Folder   5
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and biotechnology, 2010-2013
USDA Advisory Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology (ACAB)
Box   34
Folder   6
Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21), 2008-2012
Box   34
Folder   7
Agricultural coexistence report (November 19, 2012), comments, 2012-2014
Box   34
Folder   8
Provisional final draft, undated
Box   34
Folder   9
Working drafts, comments, 2012 August, 2013 September
Box   34
Folder   10
Potential compensation mechanisms working group, 2010-2012
Box   34
Folder   11
Testimony regarding coexistence (Sligh), 2011, 2012
Box   34
Folder   12
Application, appointment to, 1999-2000
Box   34
Folder   13
By-laws, 2000
Box   34
Folder   14
Budget work group, 2000-2001
Box   34
Folder   15
Economic Research Service (ERS), data summary: draft, 2000 July
Box   34
Folder   16-19
Plenary meetings, 2000-2001
Box   34
Folder   20
Public plant breeding, 2001, 2005
Box   34
Folder   21
Terminator, 1999-2000
Box   34
Folder   22
USDA stakeholder workshop on coexistence, 2015 March 12-13
Box   34
Folder   23
Vilsack, Tom (USDA Secretary), sign-on letters to, 2011, 2015
Series: International Issues, WTO, and GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Box   34
Folder   24-25
General, 1989-2010
Box   34
Folder   26
Alert for Action - GATTastrophe (December 2-7, 1990), 1990
Box   34
Folder   27
Citizen Trade Watch Campaign, 1990-1992
Box   34
Folder   28
European farm policy trip, Community Farm Alliance (CFA), 1990-1991
Box   34
Folder   29
Fast track authority, 1990-1991, 1998
Box   34
Folder   30
International agriculture organizations meeting, 1990 December 3
Box   34
Folder   31
International Farmers/Peasants Congress: GATT and agriculture, 1990 November 20-24
Box   34
Folder   32
National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC), 1990-1992
Box   34
Folder   33
National Save the Family Farm Coalition (NSFFC), 1988-1989
Box   34
Folder   34-36
News clippings, 1985-1994
Box   35
Folder   1
Public Citizen, 1991-1992
Box   35
Folder   2
Ritchie, Mark, 1988-1995
Box   35
Folder   3
U.S. delegation, Uruguay round, 1990 December 3-4
Box   35
Folder   4
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 1991-1993
Box   35
Folder   5
Solving Agricultural Trade Conflicts conference, 1988 June 19-21
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Climate change strategic planning and goals: public comments, 2008
Box   35
Folder   6
U.S. Food Crisis Group, 2008?
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Box   35
Folder   7
General, 2000-2006
Box   35
Folder   8
Ministerial meeting (1999 December), 1999-2000
Box   35
Folder   9
Information packets, 1999
Series: CODEX, FAO, and UNCED
Codex Committee on Food Labeling (CCFL)
Box   35
Folder   10-25
Chronological files, 1993-2002
Note: See also reports of the Twentieth (1993) and Twenty-First (1995) Sessions in M2018-071.
Box   35
Folder   26
Codex binder, 1993-1997
Box   35
Folder   27-28
Codex and biotechnology, 1994-2003, 2011
Box   35
Folder   29
Biotech labeling comments, 1994-1997
Box   36
Folder   1-3
Biotech labeling comments, 1997-1998, 2000-2001
Box   36
Folder   4-6
Biotechnology task force (TF), 2000-2002
Comments
Box   36
Folder   7
U.S., 1994-1997, 2010
Box   36
Folder   8-9
Other governments, 1993-1997
Box   36
Folder   10
Non-governmental, 1997, undated
Correspondence
Box   36
Folder   11
General, 1994-1997, 2008
Box   36
Folder   12
Burke, Ron, 1994-1997
Box   36
Folder   13
Delegate letters of application, 1998
Box   36
Folder   14
Environmental issues, 2002
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Box   36
Folder   15
Correspondence (Joseph Mendelson III), 1998-1999
Box   36
Folder   16-21
FOIA documents, 1996-1999
Box   36
Folder   22
National Coalition of Organized Women (NCOW)
Box   36
Folder   23-27
Organically produced food guidelines, 1994-1998
Box   36
Folder   28
Comments, 1994-2002, 2007-2008
Codex/OFPA comparison
Box   36
Folder   29
Consumers International (CI), 1998 May 22
Box   36
Folder   30
Organic Farmers Marketing Association (OFMA), 1997-1998
Box   36
Folder   31-33
Organic guidelines working group, 1997, 1999-2003
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Box   37
Folder   1-2
General, 1991-2001, 2003-2009
Box   37
Folder   3
Good agricultural practices (GAP), 2001, 2003
Box   37
Folder   4
International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security, 2007 May 3-5
Note: Includes "Organic Agriculture and Access to Food": issues paper / by Michael Sligh and Carolyn Christman.
Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture (SAFA)
Box   37
Folder   5
Social indicators revision, 2012-2013
Box   37
Folder   6
Workshop, 2013 March 18-19
World Food Summit (WFS, November 13-17, 1996, Rome, Italy)
Box   37
Folder   7-9
General, 1995-1996
Box   37
Folder   10
Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR), food security report and briefing, 1996 May-July
Box   37
Folder   11
Follow-up, 1997-2001
Box   37
Folder   12
Institutional reform working group, 1996
Box   37
Folder   13
Inter-sessional working group of the Committee on World Food Security (ISWG): draft report and plan of action, 1996 July 29-August 2
Box   37
Folder   14
NGO Global Forum on Food Security (October 8-10, 1995 and November 11-17, 1996), 1995-1996
Box   37
Folder   15
North American Workshop on Global Food Security (March 29-31, 1996), 1996 February-March
Box   37
Folder   16-18
Southeast Asian NGO conference on food security and fair trade (February 13-16, 1996), 1995-1996
Box   37
Folder   19
U.S./Canada Forum for the World Food Summit (June 24-25, 1996), 1995-1996
Box   37
Folder   20
U.S. Forum for the World Food Summit (June 3, 1996), 1996 May-July
Note: Includes testimony by Michael Sligh (June 3, 1996), as well as a discussion draft and final position paper for "The U.S. Contribution to World Food Security."
Box   37
Folder   21
Washington Working Group for the World Food Summit (WWG/WFS), 1996-1997
Box   37
Folder   22
Natural resources task force, 1996 September
Box   37
Folder   23
WHY magazine food security article, 1996-1997
World Bank (WB)
Box   37
Folder   24
Pest management program, 1996 March-November
Box   37
Folder   25
Pre-summit program, 1996 August-September
United States Citizens Network on the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, or "Earth Summit," June 1-12, 1992, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Box   37
Folder   26-27
General, 1991-1992, 2001, 2011?
Box   37
Folder   28
Background materials, 1990-1991
Box   37
Folder   29
Biodiversity NGO task group, 1991-1992
Box   37
Folder   30
Biotechnology working group, 1991
Box   37
Folder   31
Correspondence, 1990-1992
Follow-up
Box   37
Folder   32
Bringing Rio Home: Using Agenda 21 to Promote Sustainable Agriculture: conference, 1993 May-August
Box   37
Folder   33
Five-year review, 1997 January-May
Box   37
Folder   34
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 1990-1992
Box   37
Folder   35
Global NGO Conference on Environment and Development (December 17-20, 1991), Paris, 1991
Box   37
Folder   36-37
International task group on sustainable agriculture, 1991-1992
Box   37
Folder   38-39
Background documents, 1991-1992
Box   38
Folder   1
NGO alternative treaties, Global Forum, 1992 May-July
Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) materials
Box   38
Folder   2
Ad Hoc Planning Committee for PrepCom IV, 1991-1992
Box   38
Folder   3
Biotechnology, 1991-1992
Box   38
Folder   4
Soil loss, 1991
Box   38
Folder   5
Other topics, reports, statements, comments, 1990-1992
Box   38
Folder   6-7
Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, 1991-1993
Box   38
Folder   8
Background papers, reports, 1991-1994
Box   38
Folder   9
Batcho, Donna, correspondence, 1991
Box   38
Folder   10
U.S. National Report: draft, 1991 May
Series: Subject Files
Box   38
Folder   11-14
Agriculture, articles, papers, 1984-2014
Box   38
Folder   15
Agricultural research, 1991-2012
Box   38
Folder   16
Agriculture of the Middle (AOTM), 2004-2005
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA)
Box   38
Folder   17
Checksheet project organic documentation forms: draft, 2002 October
Box   38
Folder   18-19
Funding support, 2001, 2003
Box   38
Folder   20
Climate change, 1988-1990, 1999-2014
Box   38
Folder   21
Community Alliances of Interdependent AgriCulture (CAIA), 1997-2000
Box   38
Folder   22
Competition and concentration, agriculture industry, 2001-2014
Conferences and seminars
Box   38
Folder   23
Agricultural Industrialization and Family Farms hearing, Joint Economic Committee, 1992 October 21
Box   38
Folder   24
Food System of the 21st Century, 2000 February
Box   38
Folder   25
NY Farms! Project retreat (November 20-21, 1996), 1996-1997
Box   38
Folder   26
Primera Feria Latinoamericana de Agricultura Organica (FLAO), Santiago, Chile, 2004 November
Note: Note: Includes Sligh presentation, "The Rise of Organic Agriculture and the Threats of GMO Agriculture to Organics Continued Growth."
Box   38
Folder   27
Second National Conference on Organic/Sustainable Agriculture Policies, 1990 March
Box   38
Folder   28
Southern Environmental Assembly, 1988 February
Box   38
Folder   29
Sustainable Food Lab Innovation Retreat: proceedings, 2004 November
Box   38
Folder   30
World Hunger Year (WHY): Fighting Hunger at the Grassroots (May 26, 1998), 1998
Box   38
Folder   31-32
Other conferences, 1986-2012
Box   38
Folder   33
Consortium for Sustainable Agriculture, Research and Education (CSARE), 1993, 1996-1997
Box   38
Folder   34
Dioxin, 1996, 1999
Box   38
Folder   35
Farm, The (Summertown, Tennessee)?, pesticides and fertilizers, 1981, undated
Box   38
Folder   36
Food safety, 1994, 1999, 2005, 2011
Box   38
Folder   37
Forest stewardship standards drafts, 1998-2010
Box   38
Folder   38
International development, 1994-2009
Box   39
Folder   1
Africa, background articles, papers, 1995-2012
Box   39
Folder   2
Dominican Republic, Laura Raynolds report, 2007
Box   39
Folder   3
Organic agriculture, developing countries, report, 2007 January
Box   39
Folder   4
Organic and sustainable agriculture, developing countries, 1992-2013
Box   39
Folder   5
Philippines, 1991-1998
Box   39
Folder   5A
Thailand, 2002
Box   39
Folder   6
International organic equivalence, 1992-1994, 2001-2012
Box   39
Folder   7
Keep "Organic" Organic Campaign, 2003
Keystone National Dialogue on Trends in Agriculture
Box   39
Folder   8-9
Meetings, 1997-1998
Box   39
Folder   10-11
Marketplace and Economics Work Group (MEWG), 1996-1998
Box   39
Folder   12
Other work groups, 1998
Box   39
Folder   13-14
Report drafts, 1998 September 19, 1999 July 7
Box   39
Folder   15
Land grant universities agriculture colleges, 1996-1998, 2006
Box   39
Folder   16
Local food systems, 1991, 2005
National Organic Action Plan (NOAP)
Box   39
Folder   17
General, 2004-2011
Box   39
Folder   18-23
Dialogue workshops, 2005-2008
Box   39
Folder   24-26
European and UK action plans, 2001-2008
Box   39
Folder   27
European organic farming policy report, 2007 November
Box   39
Folder   28
Funding, 2006-2011
Box   39
Folder   29
Planning meetings, 2004-2005
Box   39
Folder   30
Presentation, 2010 April 21
Box   39
Folder   31
Report: final, 2010 January
Box   39
Folder   32
Rollout, 2010
Box   39
Folder   33
Summit (February 25-26, 2009), 2008-2009
Box   39
Folder   34
What's wrong, what's right, 2008 September 8, November
Box   39
Folder   35
New agriculture markets conference call, 2005 September
North Carolina
Box   39
Folder   36
Agriculture, 1986-2012, undated
Box   39
Folder   37
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), 2001-2005, undated
Box   39
Folder   38
News clippings, 1985-2006
Box   39
Folder   39
Organic agriculture, 1995-2016
Box   39
Folder   40
Other sustainable agriculture initiatives, 1985-1999
Box   39
Folder   41
Program for the Rural Carolinas, 2003-2009
Box   39
Folder   42
Sustainable food systems, 2008-2011
Box   39
Folder   43
Agritourism teleconference, 2002 July 16
Box   39
Folder   44
Biotechnology summit, 2014 November 18-19
Box   39
Folder   45
Breeding for Organic Production Systems (BOPS), 2008-2014
Box   40
Folder   1
Breeding for Organic Production Systems (BOPS), 2008-2014 (continued)
Box   40
Folder   2
Funding, 2012-2017
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA)
Box   40
Folder   3
By-laws, history, undated
Box   40
Folder   4
Annual meetings, field days, 1987-1989
Box   40
Folder   5-11
Board of Directors meeting materials, 1986, 1989-1996, 1999
Box   40
Folder   12-14
Certification program, 1987-1991, 1993-1998
Box   40
Folder   15
Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture (LISA) project, 1989-1991
Box   40
Folder   16
Organic Commodities and Livestock conference (January 11-12, 2012), 2011-2012
Box   40
Folder   17
Sustainable agriculture conference, 1992-2004
Note: Michael Sligh presentation, 1999, 2004.
Box   40
Folder   18
Textile manufacturing certification, 1996
Box   40
Folder   19
Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) sustainable farming program, 1996-2000
Note: Michael Sligh, instructor.
Box   40
Folder   20
Green Budget/Green Scissors, 1997-1998
Box   40
Folder   21
Kellogg Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) projects, 1993
Box   40
Folder   22
Partners in Agriculture project, 1995-1996
Box   44
Folder   8
Partners in Agriculture project, 1995-1996 (continued)
Box   40
Folder   23
North Carolina Food Policy Council, 2002-2003
Box   40
Folder   24-25
North Carolina State University (NCSU), 1986-2015
Box   40
Folder   26
North Carolina Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NCSAWG), 1991-2000
Box   40
Folder   27
Northwest Alliance Program for the Rural Carolinas (NAPRC), 2003 December
Plant-made pharmaceuticals (PMPs)
Box   40
Folder   28
Economic Implications of Plant-made pharmaceuticals in North Carolina: report, 2007
Note: Michael Sligh, co-author.
Box   40
Folder   29
Other PMP reports, papers, 2000, 2005, undated
Box   40
Folder   30
Ventria rice, 2004-2006
Box   40
Folder   31
Program for Strategic Pest Management (PSPM), 1997-1998
Box   40
Folder   32
State action plan regarding local food, 2009?
Box   40
Folder   33
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), 2009, undated
Weaver Street Market (WSM)
Box   40
Folder   34-38
Board of Directors meeting materials, 1999-2012
Box   41
Folder   1
Breakout group forms, 2006
Box   41
Folder   2
Correspondence, 1999-2004
Box   41
Folder   3-6
Organic agriculture, articles, papers, 1973-2015, undated
Box   41
Folder   7
Organic caucus (Congress), 2002-2003, 2015
Box   41
Folder   8
Organic certification cost-share program, 1998-2007
Box   41
Folder   9
Organic checkoff and promotion program, 2001-2002, 2012-2015
Box   41
Folder   10-12
Organic food, articles, papers, 1994-2014, undated
Box   41
Folder   13
Organic marketing, 1997-2004
Box   41
Folder   14
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), workshop on organic agriculture (September 23-26, 2002), 2002 April-September
Box   41
Folder   15
Privatization: working group draft concept paper, undated
Box   41
Folder   16
Real organic project, 2018
Box   41
Folder   17
Regenerative Agriculture Association (RAA), 1985-1986
Box   41
Folder   18
Research and demonstration programs, 1991, 1993
Box   41
Folder   19
Seed Savers Exchange, Marty Teitel statement, 2010 October 14
Box   41
Folder   20
Southeast Native American information, 1986, undated
Box   41
Folder   21
Stone Barns Center strategic planning retreat, 2006
United Nations (UN) Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
Box   41
Folder   22
President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD), 1993-1997
Box   41
Folder   23
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Caucus (SAFSC), 1997 April-May
Box   41
Folder   24
University of Georgia (UGA) meeting with dean of sustainable agriculture program, 2007 June
Box   41
Folder   25
Walnut Acres, 1990-1993, 2001
Series: Writings
Articles
Box   41
Folder   26
General, 1995-2017, undated
Box   41
Folder   27
American Forum sustainable agriculture piece, 1993-1994
Box   41
Folder   28
Organic market report, 2002-2003
Note: Concentration in U.S. organic market.
Projects
Box   41
Folder   29-31
"In Defense of the Future: The Case for Organic - its Worldwide Growth and its Critical Role Ahead": draft, 2008
Box   41
Folder   32
"In Defense of the Planet: The Case for Organic": correspondence, work plan, manuscript with edits / by Michael Sligh and Carolyn Christman, 2008-2010
Box   41
Folder   33
"Lessons from the Edge: The U.S. Organic Experiment/Experience (?)," 1999
Box   41
Folder   33A
"Review of the North American scientific literature on the benefits of organic agriculture": draft, 2011 July 7
Box   41
Folder   34
"The Rise of Organic Agriculture": chapter drafts, undated
Who Owns Organic 2 (WOO2)
Box   41
Folder   35-37
Correspondence, draft, 2006-2010
Note: See also retitled work (from "Who Owns Organic 2") to: "In Defense of the Future."
Publications
Box   41
Folder   38
"Comparative analysis of NOSB recommendations and OTA's American Organic Standards" / prepared by Organic Watch
Farmers' Guide to GMOs / by David R. Moeller (Farmers' Legal Action Group (FLAG) and Michael Sligh (RAFI-USA), edited by Karen R. Krub (FLAG), 2004 November
Box   41
Folder   39-40
Drafts, 2003-2004
Box   41
Folder   41
Farmer stories, 2001-2004
Box   41
Folder   42
Final version, 2004 November
Box   41
Folder   43
Moeller, David R., correspondence with, 2002-2003
Box   41
Folder   44
Press materials, 2004
Box   41
Folder   45
Farming More Sustainably in the South: Nine Farmers' Stories / Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Keith Richards and Janet Bachmann, with help from Helen Vinton, Jean Mills, Michael Sligh, and Jackie Judice, 1994 January
Box   41
Folder   46
"Organic farmers in the middle": chapter draft, 2004-2005
Box   41
Folder   47-48
Organic values chapter, 2002-2007
Note: In Organic Farming: An International History / edited by W. Lockeretz, 2007.
Box   42
Folder   1
Summit Proceedings: Summit on Seeds and Breeds for 21st Century Agriculture, Washington, D.C., September 6-8, 2003 / edited by Michael Sligh and Laura Lauffer, 2004
Toward Organic Integrity: A Guide to the Development of U.S. Organic Standards
Box   42
Folder   2
Drafts, 1997
Box   42
Folder   3
Mailing lists, correspondence, 1997
Box   42
Folder   4
Master copy, final draft #2, 1997
Box   42
Folder   5
Final version, 1997 July
Toward Social Justice and Economic Equity in the Food System: A Call for Social Stewardship Standards in Sustainable and Organic Agriculture / Elizabeth Henderson, Richard Mandelbaum, Oscar Mendieta, Michael Sligh
Box   42
Folder   6
Draft comments, Just Food Circle, 2001
Box   42
Folder   7-9
Drafts, 2002, 2003 March, May, July
Box   42
Folder   10
Final draft, 2003 October
Box   42
Folder   11
French version, undated
Box   42
Folder   12
Spanish version, undated
Box   42
Folder   13
Quality Certification Services (QCS) review, 2003?
Box   42
Folder   14
Published copy, 2003?
Who Owns Organic? The Global Status, Prospects, and Challenges of a Changing Organic Market (WOO) / by Michael Sligh and Carolyn Christman, 2003
Box   42
Folder   15
Correspondence, drafts, 2002-2003
Box   42
Folder   16
Blobaum, Roger, comments, 2003
Box   42
Folder   17
Published copies, 2003
Note: Includes annotated copy.
Speeches, presentations, keynote addresses
Box   42
Folder   18-19
General, 1993-2018, undated
Box   42
Folder   20
Biotech in Agriculture debate, Florida, 2000 April
Box   42
Folder   21
Biotech talk, 2001 April 22
Box   42
Folder   22
Comments, testimony to the NOSB, 1999 October, 2000?, 2012 May 20
Box   42
Folder   23
Consumers International, 2000 November
Box   42
Folder   24-29
Ecological Farming Conference (Eco-Farm), 1992-2013?
Note: Materials are not present for every conference.
Box   42
Folder   30
Ethics of Eating debate, Rutgers University, 2005 March 5
Box   42
Folder   31
"Genes and the Food System," Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), 1999 September 25
Box   42
Folder   32
Global Environmental Changes and Food, Bard College Forum, 2001 March 22
Box   42
Folder   33
Greener Fields talk, Rural Sociology conference, 2003 July
Box   42
Folder   34
"Organic and GMO-Co-existence or Co-contamination?" Organic seminar, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Santiago, Chile, 2004 March 19
Box   42
Folder   35-37
Organic Farming Conference, Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Services (MOSES), 2002, 2004-2006, 2008, 2011
Box   42
Folder   38
Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF), 2001
Box   42
Folder   39
"Organic Rule Round I and II: Reaching the Consumer," Sierra Club Clean Water Campaign, 1999 June 12
Organic Standards Update, CFSA 14th annual sustainable ag conference, 1999 November 12
Note: See under CFSA: Box 40, Folder 17.
Box   42
Folder   40
Organicology policy intensive, 2011 February 10
Box   42
Folder   41
"Organics at the Crossroads: The Past and Future of the Organic Movement," 2000, 2002
Note: See also version delivered at Social Justice Workshop in Bangkok, November 2003.
Box   42
Folder   42
Politics of Food, Environmental Leadership Program (ELP),
Box   42
Folder   43
Provender, 2007 October, 2014 October
Box   43
Folder   1
Soil Association Conference (January 8-10, 2004), 2003-2004
Box   43
Folder   2
Sustainable agriculture overview drafts, 1995
Box   43
Folder   3
United States Agriculture Information Network (USAIN), 2001 March 22
Box   43
Folder   4
"Unnatural Selection: Confronting a Genetically Engineered Future," Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) retreat workshop (September 10, 2002), 2002 September-October
Teaching
Box   43
Folder   5
"How to Grow Safe Food" (February 27, 1990), Furman University, 1989-1990
Box   43
Folder   6
"Safe Food ... What is it? Where to get it? How to grow it? (October 17, 1989), Furman University, 1989
PH 7088
Series: Photographs
Folder   1
Rural Advancement Fund prints by Robert Amberg, 1986-1994
Folder   1
Organic Harvest project, Organic Foods Production Association (OFPANA) and Committee for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) promotional photo
Folder   1
World Food Day snapshots, 1993, 1994
Folder   1
Unidentified snapshots from gatherings and conferences
Audio 2012A
Series: Audio Recordings
Ecological Farming (Eco-Farm) Conference sessions
2012A/1
"Who Will Pay for the National Organic Program?" (K 239), 1993 January 22
2012A/2
"The Rest of the World: What's Going on in Organics" (T 049), 2000 January 20
2012A/3
"Post-Harvey Handling" (6-C 7), 2006 January 26
2012A/4-5
Organic Trade Association (OTA) conference call, Harvey v. Veneman, 2005 February 17
Series: Videorecordings
VDA 436-VDA 438
Organic Summit, Part 1-3: Capitol Hill session negotiations on the Organic Food Act and Senate hearing on Research, Education, and Extension, 1989 March 29