Title: Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association Records
Inclusive Dates: 1976-2004

Creator:

• Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association

Call Number: Mss 1224

Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Records, 1976-2004, of the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA), documenting a state-based membership organization promoting ecological agriculture. The beginnings of OEFFA are credited to a conference held in 1979 by Rural Resources, another food and farming organization in Ohio. OEFFA also administers an organic certification program.

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-mss01224

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The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) was established in 1979 to provide a network for farmers practicing ecological methods of growing. Rural Resources, a rural development and advocacy organization founded in 1975 in Loveland, Ohio, by Jody and Terry Grundy, among others, organized a state natural farming conference where the idea for OEFFA began and Rural Resources helped OEFFA get started with administrative and other significant assistance. Meanwhile, Rural Resources continued its work of community organizing, holding conferences and other educational events, helping to establish farmers' markets, and collaborating with other rural, land, and farming organizations. After 1981, when the staff of Rural Resources dissolved, many people who were active with the organization continued working on these issues and some worked with OEFFA. See the Rural Resources records for further information on the earlier organization. For current information on OEFFA's activities, see its website.

The OEFFA records include early organizational records, including newsletters and annual meeting materials, with the bulk of the records dating from 2000 or before. Scott Williams created spreadsheets with notes on the documents, newsletters, and organic movement literature he compiled for donation, and copies of these can be found in the front of Box 1. There is also a document written by Jodine Grundy on the chronology of Rural Resources and OEFFA.

Rural Resources Records, 1969-2000 (bulk 1975-1981) (Mss 1225)
Researchers should note that periodicals and other publications donated with these records were separated to the Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Publications collection (M2013-012), Part 22 (M2022-032).

Acquisition Information

Presented by Scott Williams, Columbus, Ohio, February 19, 2021. Accession Number: M2022-031

Processing Information

Processed by Julia Wong, July 2022.

Mss 1224	Rural Resources
Box   2 Folder   1	Conferences, 1977, 1979 Note: Rural People, Rural Prospects, January 28-30, 1977; Natural Farming Meeting, March 4, 1979.
	Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA)
Box   1 Folder   1	By-laws, steering committee, 1979-1980
Box   1 Folder   2	Brochures, 1979-2000s
Box   1 Folder   3	Compiled quotes, 1989
Box   2 Folder   2	Conference and annual meeting, 1980-1996, 2003
Box   1 Folder   4	Environmental ethics workshop, 1988
Box   1 Folder   5	Malabar Farm/Louis Bromfield centennial workshop, 1996
Box   1 Folder   6	Correspondence, 1987-1999, 2004 Note: Includes drafts and notes by Scott Williams.
Box   1 Folder   7	Enshayan, Kamyar, 1989-1994 Note: Includes A Directory of Farmers' Innovations in Ohio: A Farmer-to-Farmer Networking Tool / by Kamyar Enshayan, Deb Stinner, and Ben Stinner, Sustainable Agriculture Program, Ohio State University, June 1991, and a signed copy of Enshayan's book, Dr. Twisted Visits a Farm, 1994.
Box   1 Folder   8	Farm and Garden tours, 1989, 1993, 1994
Box   1 Folder   9	Food for Ohio project, 1985
Box   1 Folder   10	Good Earth Guide to Ohio's Certified Organic Farms and Gardens, 1991, 2000
Box   1 Folder   11	Low-input sustainable agriculture (LISA) proposal, 1989 Note: Not funded.
Box   1 Folder   12	Mailing list, 1980 April 23
Box   1 Folder   13	Membership directories, 1990-1991, 1992-1993, 2000
Box   1 Folder   14	News clippings, 1982-1994
Box   1 Folder   15-18	Newsletter, circa 1980-1996
Box   2 Folder   3	Articles, drafts, notes, 1980s-1990s
Box   2 Folder   4	Organic certification program, 1979-1980, 1990 Note: Includes OEFFA Organic Certification Standards, revised January 1990, and information on Oregon Tilth's certification guidelines, undated.
Box   2 Folder   5	Organic suppliers directory, 1991, 1993
Box   2 Folder   6	"Organic Farming" script, 1976 March Note: Man and Molecules program with guest William Lockeretz (Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Washington University, St. Louis), American Chemical Society.
Box   2 Folder   7	Other conferences, workshops, 1979-1988 Note: Includes draft copy of "Sustainable Agriculture and the Challenge of Place," a presentation by David Ehrenfeld, August 10, 1987, Columbus, Ohio, and materials from the International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture Systems, Columbus, Ohio, 1988.