Summary Information
Loni Kemp Papers
1985-2008
Mss 1084; PH 6704
6.0 cubic feet (6 records center cartons) and 18 photographs (1 folder)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Loni Kemp, an analyst and consultant on agriculture and environmental policy specializing in water quality, the Conservation Stewardship Program (“green payments”), and renewable energy. Kemp served as a senior policy analyst with the Minnesota Project from 1979-2008, and currently serves as an independent analyst through Kemp Consulting, a firm she founded in 2008. The papers document her activities as a policy analyst, speaker, writer, and advocate of natural resources protection and sustainable agriculture, as well as her involvement with other organizations, including the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA), the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MSAWG), the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC), and the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (NCSA). Kemp was also a 2002-2004 Food and Society Policy Fellow.
Forms part of the Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Collection.
English
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Biography/History
Arlana “Loni” Kemp was born in 1953. She received a BA in Urban Studies from Macalester College in 1974, graduating summa cum laude. In 1980, she received a MA in Public Policy from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, where she was also a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Air Pollution Fellow.
In 1979, after working as a planner for the City of Minnetonka and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Kemp began working with The Minnesota Project, a non-profit organization focused on sustainable rural development. Her role included policy research and analysis, public education, and coalition building with other organizations working on conservation and energy issues. Her work on agriculture and water quality led to involvement on local, state, and national levels, as she served as a speaker at conferences, testified at bill and rule hearings, and worked on legislation that was part of farm bills. Kemp played an active role in the passage of the Conservation Security Program as part of the national farm bill in 2002 and the Conservation Stewardship Program in 2008, both of which sought to create “green payments” for farmers who practice environmental stewardship through farming practices that protect water quality, soil, and wildlife habitats. Other research interests include whole farm planning, sustainable biofuels, and climate change.
While employed as a senior policy analyst by the Minnesota Project, Kemp became active in other organizations focused on sustainable agriculture. She was a founder of the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC), a coalition of Midwestern farm groups including the Minnesota Project, the Wisconsin Rural Development Center, and the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute. It served as the lobbying arm of the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MSAWG), an organization founded in 1988. (In later years, SAC became a sub-group of MSAWG, which became the lead organization.) Formation of other regional Sustainable Agriculture Working Groups followed from 1991-1994, including Southern SAWG (SSAWG) in 1991, Northeast SAWG (NESAWG) in 1992, Western SAWG (WSAWG) in 1993, and California SAWG (CASAWG) in 1994. In 1992 and 1994, two national conferences (National Dialogue for Sustainable Agriculture) held in Alexandria, Virginia continued the momentum toward a national sustainable agriculture organization. Kemp was a founder of the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (NCSA) in 1994, served on its coordinating council (NCSACC) and board for fifteen years, and co-chaired the board from 1997-2004. She also served on the board of the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA), a joint project of the University of Minnesota's College of Agriculture and the Sustainers' Coalition, from 1992-1998, and served as board chair from 1995-1997. In 2008, MSAWG and NCSA merged to form the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC). For further information on the current organization and its history, see the NSAC website: http://sustainableagriculture.net/
Kemp was named a Food and Society Policy Fellow for 2002-2004. A program of the Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Fellowship provided two years of part-time funding to individuals working to advance sustainable food systems. Communications and media trainings aimed to enable fellows to use the mass media to best advantage in the dialogue surrounding food policy in the United States.
Kemp left the Minnesota Project in 2008 and founded her own consulting firm, Kemp Consulting, to act as an independent policy analyst on issues where she has provided leadership over the course of her career: sustainable agriculture, water quality, biomass production, and conservation issues attached to farm bill legislation.
Chronology
| 1953 |
Loni Kemp born
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| 1974 |
BA in Urban Studies, Macalester College
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| 1975-1977 |
Planner for the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota
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| 1977-1978 |
Planner for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
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| 1980 |
MA in Public Policy, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota
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| 1984-1987 |
Served on Southern Minnesota Rivers Basin Council
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| 1986-1990 |
Served on Water Resources Committee of the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
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| 1987-1990 |
Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, Charter member
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| 1988-1993 |
Fillmore County Water Planning Committee, Chair
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| 1979-2008 |
Senior Policy Analyst with The Minnesota Project
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| 1990-1994 |
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Citizen Board member
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| 1991 |
Named Outstanding Citizen Environmental Leader of the Year, Clean Water Action Minnesota
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| 1992-1998 |
Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MSAWG), Board member (Board chair, 1995-1997)
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| 1992-2007 |
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (NCSA), Coordinating Council and Board member (Co-chair, 1997-2004)
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| 1998 |
Named Steward of the Land, Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
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| 2002-2004 |
Food and Society Policy Fellow
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| 2003 |
Received Minnesota Rural Future's Emma B. Howe Foundation Award
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| 2008 |
Founded Kemp Consulting, an independent firm providing research and analysis on renewable energy and sustainable agriculture; MSAWG/SAC and NCSA merge to form National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
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| 2009 |
Received Thirty Year Challenge Policy Competition Award, Farm Foundation; Lanesboro Local Inc., founding board member
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Scope and Content Note
The Loni Kemp Papers solely document her professional career, thus the collection is arranged into four series that reflect the major organizations with which Kemp has been affiliated: THE MINNESOTA PROJECT, THE MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (MISA), MIDWEST SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WORKING GROUP (MSAWG), and THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (NCSA). Kemp was often present in the early days of these organizations, variously acting as a founding member, drafting bylaws, and serving on steering committees or on the board of directors. Due to her prominent involvement, records relating to these groups offer a high-level perspective on the organizations' structure and activities, as well as documenting the beginnings of the sustainable agriculture movement, both regionally and nationally.
Kemp organized her papers prior to donation and the collection arrived in boxes labeled by topic. Folder titles remain largely as the archives received them.
THE MINNESOTA PROJECT series, 1985-2007, includes two subseries: Subject Files and Grant Files.
Subject Files encompass the issues Kemp worked on during her tenure at the Minnesota Project, including the effect of farm chemicals on groundwater quality, reduction of pesticide use in the Great Lakes basin, whole farm planning, and the Conservation Security Program and its successor, the Conservation Stewardship Program, both of which provided “green payments,” or financial incentives for sustainable conservation practices. Established in 1995, the Great Lakes Basin Farm Planning Network used the concept of whole farm planning to encourage farmers to develop a comprehensive farm plan that would result in successful farm operations that also safeguarded the environment. Also included are records from the National Summit on Private Land Conservation in 1999, an event Kemp credits with launching the green payments/Conservation Security Act movement. The water quality files include records relating to case studies of how five statewide organizations in California, Nebraska, Iowa, and Texas dealt with the issue of farm chemicals and groundwater contamination, culminating in a report prepared for the Ford Foundation in 1988. Also relating to water quality are records of the Midwest Consortium on Groundwater and Farm Chemicals from 1988-1991. Additionally documented in this subseries are conferences, action on the 1995 and 2007 farm bills, a sustainable farming systems project, livestock feedlot regulation, and bills relating to sustainable agriculture. Many of these topics are interconnected, so a researcher may need to look under multiple subject files to find relevant information. Researchers will also find in these files occasional records relating to other organizations, such as the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC), that also worked on these issues. Types of records include meeting minutes, correspondence, policy packets, working notes, news clippings, and reports.
Also included in the Subject Files subseries are records concerning the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, primarily consisting of materials from Kemp's 2002-2004 Food and Society Policy Fellowship, a program designed to develop communications strategies using mass media to promote positive changes to agriculture and food policy in the United States. The fellowship paid for part of Kemp's salary while she was working for the Minnesota Project. Since the major outcome of being a Fellow was to produce media pieces, the records include periodic updates and lists of articles and reports Kemp wrote. Also included are materials from annual Food and Society Conferences from 2003-2006.
Grant Files contain grant applications, supporting materials, correspondence, grant reports, project strategy and updates, meeting notes, and staff communications on grant details. Farm bill files contain press releases, letters to legislators, policy recommendations, printed email correspondence, working notes, newspaper clippings, and related articles, reports, and publications.
The MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (MISA) series, 1987-2002, documents Kemp's involvement with MISA, a joint project of the University of Minnesota's College of Agriculture and the Sustainers Coalition. The Coalition was an association of non-profit agricultural organizations including the Institute for Agriculture and Food Policy, the Land Stewardship Project, the Minnesota Food Association, the Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota, the Minnesota Project, and the Organic Growers and Buyers Association. MISA sought to facilitate communication between the university and farming communities, and to work together to promote sustainable agriculture. Kemp helped to create the organization's bylaws and served on the MISA board from 1992-1998. Earlier records include bylaws, meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, reports, project proposals, and working papers. Later records (through 2002), relate to developments surrounding the resignation of executive director Don Wyse in 2000 and the future of sustainable agriculture at the University of Minnesota.
The MIDWEST SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WORKING GROUP (MSAWG/SAWG) series, 1986-2008, includes records from meetings and annual gatherings of the organization, as well as its lobbying arm, the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC). An association of thirty predominantly Midwestern farm, environmental, religious, and rural groups that joined forces in 1988 to advocate for sustainable agriculture issues in the 1990 farm bill, MSAWG was the precursor of four other regional sustainable agriculture working groups across the country. The early history of MSAWG is well documented and consists of planning documents, drafts of grant proposals and working papers, action alerts, finances, and a strategic planning workbook. General records include meeting minutes and notes, lists of participants, committee records, correspondence and memos, financial reports, grant proposals and other working papers, fact sheets and alerts, conference call agendas and notes, and related newspaper clippings. Although some MSAWG material is organized by working group and annual gathering meeting dates, other records are included in the meeting folders that pertain to smaller committee meetings and topics the group was working on in that general time frame, such as whole farm planning, the Clean Water Act, or conservation programs.
The NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (NCSA) series, 1992-2008, contains records of Board of Directors meetings from 2002-2007, records of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coordinating Council (NSACC) from 1992-1997, and documents relating to the Campaign's work on farm bills from 1994-1996. The actions taken by various groups working to advance sustainable agriculture on a national level are well documented, as well as the changes in organizational structure and coalition building over time. Included are meeting minutes and notes, correspondence, working notes, presentations, and news clippings. Also included for this period are fax alerts to Campaign supporters, urging action in the form of phone calls, letters or faxes to legislators on provisions in the farm bill, including letters to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Dan Glickman. Other activities documented in this series are various committees, annual meetings, national conferences, and work on specific issues such as the Conservation Reserve Program and water quality.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Loni Kemp, Canton, Minnesota, July 18, 2012. Accession Number: M2012-112
Processed by Julia Wong, October 2012.
Contents List
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Mss 1084
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Series: The Minnesota Project (MP)
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Subseries: Subject Files
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Carbon, 1999-2003, 2005
: Includes materials from Powering the Plains meeting in Des Moines, 2003, as well as a MP report (“Farming and Soil Carbon”), and later (non-MP) reports relating to carbon and climate change.
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Conferences
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Ecological Farming Conference, 2007
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Feeding Ourselves in the Future, 2006
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Box
1
Folder
4-5
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National Conference on Organic/Sustainable Agriculture Policies, 1989, 1990
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Box
1
Folder
6
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North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR SARE), 2006
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Box
1
Folder
7-8
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Conservation Farm Option (CFO), 1996-1999
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Conservation Partnerships Initiative, 2005
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Conservation Security Program (CSP)
: See also Farm Bills.
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Conference Committee, 2002
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Conservation Security Act (CSA), 2000
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Bill introduction: October 20, 2000
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Box
1
Folder
13
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CSA PowerPoint, 2001
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Early CSP, 2001-2002
: Includes MP report: “Profiles of Three Working Farms and the CSA.”
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Fact sheets, 2000
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Harkin Conservation Act of 1999
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Mini grants, 2001-2002
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Minnesota Roundtable on Conservation Security Act
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Box
1
Folder
18
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September 20, 2001
: Includes policy packet.
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Box
1
Folder
19
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2001-2005
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
: See Grant Files.
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Box
1
Folder
20-21
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National Summit on Private Land Conservation: December 1999
: Note from Kemp: “This event launched the green payments/CSA movement.”
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Box
1
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22
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Report: Conservation Security Program Drives Resource Management: An Assessment of CSP Implementation in Five Midwestern States, April 2007
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Box
1
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23
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Rules 2004, 2002-2004
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Box
1
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24
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Senate Agriculture Committee, 2001
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Box
1
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25
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Stewardship incentives, 1999-2000
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Box
1
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26
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), 1996-1998, 2002-2003
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Farm Bills
: See also Farm Bill speeches (Kemp) in National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture series.
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Box
1
Folder
27
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2007-2008 Farm Bill
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Box
1
Folder
28
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FRAME / 2007 Farm Bill, 2000-2007
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Box
1
Folder
29
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House Conservation Hearings - Farm Bill: April 2007
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Box
1
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30
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National Association for Conservation Districts (NACD), 2002-2003
: Farm Bill communications plan.
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Box
1
Folder
31
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Related reports and articles, 1986-2004
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Box
1
Folder
32
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Senate Hearing - Energy - Farm Bill: January 2007
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Box
1
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33
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Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), 2000
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Kellogg, W.K., Foundation
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Box
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34-37
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Food and Society Conferences, 2003-2006
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Box
1
Folder
38
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Food and Society Policy 2002-2004 Fellowship, 2000-2004
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Livestock feedlots
: See also Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
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Box
1
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39
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CAFO (Confined Animal Feedlot Operations) rule comments, 2001
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Box
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40
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CWN (Clean Water Network) - Feedlots workgroup, 1999-2001
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Box
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41
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GEIS (Generic Environmental Impact Statement) - livestock, 1998-1999
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Box
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42
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Harkin-Miller Feedlot Bill, 1998-1999
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Box
1
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43
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Nutrient management guidelines, 1999-2000
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Box
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44-45
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Sustainable livestock, EFA, NCSA, 1999-2000
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Local food systems
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Box
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46
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Report: AgMarket Search for Southeast Minnesota, Volume 1: Executive Summary Report, 1986 September
: Also includes Report: Finding Food in Farm Country: Economics of Food and Farming in Southeast Minnesota / Ken Meter and Jon Rosales, 2001 March (not by Minnesota Project).
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Box
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Folder
47
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Minge, David, consultant, 2001-2002
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Box
1
Folder
48
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Report: “Coordinating Colors: The WTO Green Box and Green Payments in Farm Programs” / by David Minge, 2002
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Box
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Folder
49
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Morse, Deborah Elias, consultant, 2002
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Box
2
Folder
1
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“A New Agricultural Policy for the United States,” 2002-2003
: Working papers, correspondence, and final copy of joint article by Dennis Keeney and Loni Kemp for inclusion in book: Role of Biodiversity Conservation in the Transition to Rural Sustainability / Stephen S. Light, ed. (Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2004).
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Sustainable Farming Systems (SFS) Project
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Economic Task Force, 1998-2001
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Box
2
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3-4
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General files, 1998-2000
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Mission/Organization chart, 1996-1997
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Box
2
Folder
6-8
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Outreach, 1997-2001
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PH 6704
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Unidentified photographs, 2000 Spring?
2 photos
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Mss 1084
Box
2
Folder
9-10
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Projects, 1997-2000
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Box
2
Folder
11-12
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Staff calls, 1997-2001
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Box
2
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13
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Work plan, 1996-1997
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Water quality/Groundwater and farm chemicals
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Box
2
Folder
14
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1989 Groundwater Act, 1987-1995
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Box
2
Folder
15
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California Agrarian Action Project (CAAP) site visit, 1987
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Box
2
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16-17
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Center for Rural Affairs, 1986-1988
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2
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18
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Environmental Policy Institute (EPI) talk, 1987
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Ford Foundation
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Box
2
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19
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Advisory Committee, 1987
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Box
2
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20
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Policy, 1987
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Box
2
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21
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Report, 1987
Announcements, report promotion.
See “Farm Chemicals in Groundwater: Strategies for Nonprofits,” under Reports for copy of report.
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Box
2
Folder
22
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Integrated Farm Planning - WQ (Water Quality) 2000, 1993-1994
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Box
2
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23-24
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Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, 1985-1987
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Box
2
Folder
25
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Kansas Rural Center, 1986
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Box
2
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26
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Locally based groups
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Midwest Consortium on Groundwater and Farm Chemicals
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Boody, George
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Box
2
Folder
27
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Correspondence, 1989-1990
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Box
2
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28
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Presentation, undated
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Box
2
Folder
29-30
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Consortium proposals (granting agencies)
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Box
2
Folder
31
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Consortium work plans, 1990-1991
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Meetings
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Box
2
Folder
32
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March 2-3, 1989
: Also includes materials from June 26-27, 1989 meeting.
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Box
2
Folder
33
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October 20, 1989
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Box
2
Folder
34
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February 7, 1990
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Box
2
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35
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May 30, 1990
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Box
2
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36
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November 29, 1990
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Box
2
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37
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March 14, 1991
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Box
2
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38
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August 1, 1991
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Noyes, Jessie Smith, Foundation
: See Grant Files.
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Box
2
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39
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Mississippi River - Hypoxia, 2004-2006
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Box
2
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40
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National groups
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Box
2
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41
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Pesticides, 1986-2003
: Includes materials relating to Pesticide Bill, 1987.
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Box
2
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42
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Policy packet: “Clean Water and Agriculture” / Loni Kemp (Minnesota Project) and Georgia Follis (Minnesota Rural Futures), 1994
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Box
2
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43
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Practical Farmers of Iowa, 1987-1988
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Reports
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Box
3
Folder
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“Alternatives to Roadside Spraying: A Citizen's Report,” 1992 September
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3
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2
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“Farm Chemicals in Groundwater: Strategies for Nonprofits” (prepared for The Ford Foundation), 1988 April
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3
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3
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“Farming and Clean Water: A Community Action Guide,” 1993 March
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3
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4
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“Protecting Groundwater through Sustainable Agriculture,” 1989 January
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3
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5
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Rural Coalition, 1986
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3
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6
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State or university-based groups
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3
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7
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Sustainable agriculture leases
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3
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8
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Texas Center for Rural Studies, 1985-1987
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Whole Farm Planning (WFP)
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Box
3
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9
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Comprehensive farm planning, 1995-1996
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Box
3
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10
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Farm Bureau Federation on WFP, 1995-1997
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Box
3
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11
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Farm planning criteria, 1995-1996
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Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
: See Grant Files.
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Box
3
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12
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Publications, 1996, 1998, undated
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Box
3
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13
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Agricultural Pollution Prevention Project, 1993-1994
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Subseries: Grant Files
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Great Lakes Protection Fund (GLPF)
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Great Lakes Basin Comprehensive Farm Planning Network (WFP)
: These folders also include some grant materials to NCR SARE for this project.
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Box
3
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14
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Planning grant, 1991-1994
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3
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15-20
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1994-1999
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Joyce Foundation
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3
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21
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Clean Water Act, 1992-1995
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Conservation Security Program
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3
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22
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Stewardship incentives, 2000-2003
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3
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23-24
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2002-2007
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3
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25-27
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Whole Farm Planning, 1995-2000
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Kellogg, W.K., Foundation
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3
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28
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Kellogg policy proposals, 2003-2007
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Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR) Sustainable Farming Systems Project
: See Subject Files.
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McKnight Foundation
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Box
3
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29-30
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Conservation Security Program, 1998-2007
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Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
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Box
3
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31
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Integrated Farm Planning, 1993
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Box
3
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32
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Whole Farm Planning proposals, 1993-1998
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Mott, Charles Stewart, Foundation
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Box
3
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33
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Clean Water Act, 1992-1994
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Box
3
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34-35
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Whole Farm Planning, 1994-2001
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Box
3
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36
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), 2003-2005
: CSP.
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Box
3
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37
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North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR SARE), 1999-2000
: WFP.
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3
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38-39
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Noyes, Jessie Smith, Foundation, 1988-1989
: Groundwater and farm chemicals.
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Series: Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
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3
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40-42
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Chronological Files, 1987-2001
: Includes first dialogue in October 1987.
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Board of Directors
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4
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1-3
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Board manual
: Includes meeting minutes, 1992-1997; bylaws; financial records; MISA review; MISA proposals.
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PH 6704
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Group portrait, attendees of 2nd board meeting, 1992 April 23-24
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Mss 1084
Box
4
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4
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Legislative Endowment, 1995-1997
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Box
4
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5
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MISA Review Task Force, 1996-1997
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Reports
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4
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6
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Anderson report: “Summary of Agriculture Management Research and Development in the North Central Region,” 1990 June
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4
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7
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MISA final report: “Sustainable Farming Systems: Demonstrating Environmental and Economic Performance,” revised 2002 November
: LCMR funded.
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4
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8
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Selected Historical Documents, 1992 June
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4
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Seminar: April 19, 1996
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Sustainable Farming Systems Project
: See Minnesota Project, Subject Files.
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Box
4
Folder
10
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University of Minnesota, Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems, 1993-1997
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Series: Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MSAWG)
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Box
4
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11
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Agricultural chemical tax, 1989-1992
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Box
4
Folder
12-25
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Chronological files, 1988-1998
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Box
4
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26
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Clean Water Act (CWA) options paper, 1993-1994
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Box
4
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27
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Clinton Administration recommendations, 1992 December
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Box
4
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28
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Common Ground forum: November 5, 1992
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Box
4
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29
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Coordinating Council, 1991, 1993
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Box
4
Folder
30
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D.C. Fly-in and Conference: March 14-16, 1989
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Box
4
Folder
31
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Decoupling, 1988-1989
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Box
4
Folder
32
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Fundraising, 1988
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Box
4
Folder
33
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Groundwater position paper, 1988-1989
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Box
4
Folder
34
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Livestock policy principles, 1997-1998
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Meetings
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Annual gatherings
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Box
4
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35
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Des Moines: February 7-9, 1997
: Sowing Our Field of Dreams: 1st annual gathering.
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Box
4
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36
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Rochester: February 1998
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Box
4
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37
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Madison: January 22-24, 1999
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Working Group meetings
: Although folders are arranged by meeting dates, dates of materials within the folders fall before and after the meeting dates.
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Box
4
Folder
38-39
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Des Moines: July 18-19, 1989
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Woodstock: December 13-14, 1991
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Box
5
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2
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Wilder Forest [Marine on St. Croix]: March 5-6, 1992
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Box
5
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3
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Jamestown: July 31-August 1, 1992
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Box
5
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4
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Rochester: November 6-7, 1992
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Columbia: February 12-13, 1993
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Box
5
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6
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Decorah: June 25-26, 1993
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Box
5
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7
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Omaha: November 13-14, 1993
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Box
5
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8
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East Troy: March 18-19, 1994
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Box
5
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9
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Carrington: July 22-23, 1994
: Kemp did not attend.
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Box
5
Folder
10
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Hickory Corners: November 1994 to West Lafayette: July 7-8, 1995
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Box
5
Folder
11
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Kansas City: December 10-11, 1995
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Box
5
Folder
12
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Columbia: March 10-11, 1996
: Kemp did not attend.
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Madison: August 4-5, 1996
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Box
5
Folder
14
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Omaha: November 22-23, 1996
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Box
5
Folder
15
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Lansing: July 18-19, 1997
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Box
5
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16
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Wilder Forest [Marine on St. Croix]: November 16-17, 1997
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Box
5
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17
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Oconomowoc: August 7-11, 2006
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Box
5
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18
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Minnesota SAWG, 1991-1995
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Box
5
Folder
19
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National Coordinating Council, 1992-1993
: Coalition building.
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PH 6704
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Meeting photographs, Sunset Ranch, Loveland, Colorado, 1992 July 10
15 photos
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Mss 1084
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Policy options
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Box
5
Folder
20
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Drafts, 1989
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Box
5
Folder
21
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Sustainable Solutions: Options for the 1990 Farm Bill
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Box
5
Folder
22
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Renewable energy, 2001-2004
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Box
5
Folder
23
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Reports and position papers
- “Clean Water and Thriving Farms” (Kemp), 1994 January
- “Recommendations for a New National Wetlands Policy,” 1992
- “Splice of Life” (genetic engineering), 2000 March
- “Sustaining Land, People, Animals, and Communities” (2 versions), 1993 March, 1998 May
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Box
5
Folder
24
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Rural Coalition, 1986
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Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC)
: Lobbying arm of MSAWG.
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Box
5
Folder
25
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Annual report, 2007
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Box
5
Folder
26
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Conservation Security Act (CSA) of 2000 Information packet
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Box
5
Folder
27
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Membership directory, 2004 October
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Box
5
Folder
28
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Roots to Reform: March 6-8, 2007
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Box
5
Folder
29
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“A Sustainable Agriculture Agenda for the 2007 Farm Bill,” 2007 Winter
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Box
5
Folder
30
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Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture: July 22-23, 1996
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Box
5
Folder
31
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Winter meeting: January 20-23, 2008
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Box
5
Folder
32
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SAWG Agenda, 1991
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Box
5
Folder
33
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USDA Hearing, July 28, 1994
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Box
5
Folder
34
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Wetlands policy, 1989
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Box
5
Folder
35
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Wyles, Richard, Center for Resource Economics (CRE), 1992
: Buffer strips and water quality.
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Series: National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (NCSA)
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Box
5
Folder
36
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ACRES/S.854 (Agricultural Conservation Resources and Stewardship Act), 1995
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Box
5
Folder
37-38
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Annual meetings (1st and 2nd), 1997, 1998
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Box
5
Folder
39
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Board of Directors meetings, 2002-2007
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Box
5
Folder
40
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Campaign Conservation Committee, 1997-1998
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Box
5
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41
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Campaign evaluation: February 25-26, 1996
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Box
5
Folder
42
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Campaign Year in Review (Top Achievements/Challenges), 1997-1998
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Box
5
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43
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Celebrate/Bemoan, 1998-2005
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Box
5
Folder
44-47
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Chronological files, 1994-1998
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Commodity Policy Dialogue, 2005-2006
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Conservation Farm Option, 1994
: Green payments.
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Committee, 1992-1995
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Box
6
Folder
4
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D.C. Fly-in: June 3-6, 1995
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Farm Bill
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Box
6
Folder
5-7
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1995 September-1996 October
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Box
6
Folder
8-9
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Farm Bill information, 1995
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Farm Bill news, 1993-1995
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Box
6
Folder
11
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Farm Bill speeches (Kemp), 1994-1995
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Box
6
Folder
12
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Fax alerts, 1995-1996
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Box
6
Folder
13
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Grassroots workshop: March 18, 1993
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Box
6
Folder
14-15
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Kellogg and Campaign, 1998-1999
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Box
6
Folder
16
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Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, 1994-1995
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Box
6
Folder
17
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NCSA/SAC Dialog/Merger, 2006-2008
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National Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture
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Box
6
Folder
18
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Second National Conference: February 25-26, 1994
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Box
6
Folder
19
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1994 Conference Committee
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National Sustainable Agriculture Coordinating Council (NSACC)
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Box
6
Folder
20
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Fiscal agent (Minnesota Project), 1993-1997
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Box
6
Folder
21
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Integrated Farm Planning (IFP) farm planning legislation, 1994
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Box
6
Folder
22
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Meeting: April 15-17, 1994
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Box
6
Folder
23
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National Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SAWG), 1992-1993
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Box
6
Folder
24
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Organic standards, 1998
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Box
6
Folder
25
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Pest Management Committee, 1993-1994
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Policy packets
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Box
6
Folder
26
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Congress members
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Box
6
Folder
27
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General
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Box
6
Folder
28
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Participants
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Box
6
Folder
29
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Summary points
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Box
6
Folder
30
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Retreat: March 6-7, 1999
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Box
6
Folder
31
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Sierra Club Agriculture Committee, 1995
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Box
6
Folder
32
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State Technical Committees, 1996-1997
: CRP.
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Box
6
Folder
33
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Steering Committee, 1999
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Box
6
Folder
34
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USDA Administrative Policy, 1996-1997
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Box
6
Folder
35
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USDA Hearing: April 23, 1996
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Water quality
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Box
6
Folder
36-37
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1994 March-December
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Box
6
Folder
38
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Sludge, 1994
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Box
6
Folder
39
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Water Quality Topic Committee, 1994-1995
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