The papers primarily document Fredericks's role as coordinator of the Southern Wisconsin Farmers Research Network (SWFRN), which sought to ensure that farmers had an equal voice in on-farm research, alongside university faculty and staff and extension agents, as well as creating a forum for farmers engaged in research to communicate with one another. Board minutes concerning SWFRN's transition to GrassWorks, a statewide grazing education organization, are included, but the papers do not include Fredericks's tenure at GrassWorks, apart from a grazing conference program. Also included are materials from SWFRN's beginnings as a program within the Wisconsin Rural Development Center (WRDC), as well as materials related to grazing from two other organizations, Ocooch Graziers and Kickapoo Organic Resources Network (KORN).
