The bulk of the papers relate to Deni Durham, and document her activities with organic and sustainable agriculture organizations, such as conferences she coordinated (including two organized by the Missouri Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MOSAWG)) or attended, research trips for a kitchen incubator food processing project, and background research materials for articles she was planning to write on organic agriculture and food safety. The folder on the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) includes materials on a public service announcement program promoting sustainable agriculture that CSPI administered in partnership with organizations in twelve states. There is some early coverage of the Ozark Organic Growers Association (OOGA), including by-laws, articles of incorporation, and organic certification standards; and the Ozark Small Farms Viability Project (OSFVP), including correspondence with funders, a 1990 farm field day, a 1991 farmer-to-farmer conference, and a 1992 press release about candidates the organization supported for key agriculture posts in the Clinton administration. There is also a small amount of material dealing with the effects of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and other free trade agreements including the anticipated potential for weakened pesticide regulations in the materials dealing with pesticides and additives in food (Box 2, Folder 7).
Terry Durham's activities are less well documented in the collection. Although he was president of the Missouri Organic Association for a period in the 1990s, there is a relatively small amount of material from that organization, and no meeting minutes or materials. There is one folder that includes documentation of presentations and workshops in which he participated (the second user advisory workshop on horticulture funded by the National Research Initiative on Agriculture, Food and Environment (NRI) in 1991 (Box 1, Folder 23)), and this represents one type of educational outreach work with which he was involved during this period. While elderberry cultivation is Terry Durham's current primary focus, there is no documentation of this subject in the collection.
