Summary Information

Title: Roger Blobaum Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1973-2014

Creator:

• Blobaum, Roger, 1929-

Call Number: Mss 1169; Audio 1723A; PH 6898

Quantity: 16.6 cubic feet (16 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes), 0.2 cubic feet of photographs, negatives, and contact sheets (2 folders), 9 audio recordings, and 2.7 gigabytes

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, 1973-2014, of Roger Blobaum, a consultant on agricultural policy specializing in organic research and education with extensive involvement in over thirty regional, national, and international sustainable agriculture organizations including the World Sustainable Agriculture Association (WSAA), Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), International Organic Accreditation Services (IOAS), and the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF). As co-chair of the Organic Food Act Working Group, Blobaum actively participated in shaping the 1990 Organic Foods Production Act and seeing it through Congress. Related topics documented in the papers include solar and other renewable energy applications on farms, resource conservation, farmland preservation, corporate farming, the development of national and international organic standards, organic integrity, funding for organic research, and the role of faith-based organizations in promoting sustainable rural development. Also included are records of the Organic Farmers Associations Council (OFAC).

Note:

Forms part of the Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Collection.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss01169

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