Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Reference Files on Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, 1980-2012

Contents List

Container Title
Mss 1235
Series: Sustainable Agriculture
Box   1
Folder   1-7
Articles, reports, papers, 1984-2001, undated
Box   1
Folder   8-9
Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA), 1989-1992
Note: Drafts, final reports.
Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA)
Box   1
Folder   10
Chronological files, 1993-1996
Box   1
Folder   11-14
1995 Farm Bill, 1994-1995
Box   1
Folder   15
Packet: Organizers, 1995 August
Conferences/events
Box   1
Folder   16
Signs of Hope for Sustainable Agriculture, 1990 November
Box   1
Folder   17
Summit for Sustainable Hog Farming, 2001 January 11
Box   1
Folder   18
Definitions and concepts, 1986-1995, undated
Box   1
Folder   19
Education, programs, 1993-1998, undated
Box   1
Folder   20
Energy, environment, 1991-2002
Box   1
Folder   21
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 1989-1998
Individuals
Box   1
Folder   22
Dudley, Barbara, 1990-1991
Note: Veatch grants program, Wisconsin Farmland Conservancy.
Box   1
Folder   23
Jackson, Wes, 1982-1999, undated
Box   1
Folder   24
Kennard, David, 1993-1994
Note: Golden Harvest documentary series.
Box   1
Folder   25-26
Kirschenmann, Frederick, 1991-2002
Note: Also proposed organic rule.
Box   1
Folder   27
Loans and grants, 1994-1995
Box   1
Folder   28
Marketing, 1990-2000
Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MSAWG)/ Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC)
Note: The Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC) was the lobbying arm of the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MSAWG).
Box   1
Folder   29
Directories (MSAWG, SAC), 2004 October
Box   1
Folder   30-33
Meeting materials, 1994-2005
Box   1
Folder   34
Position papers, 2008 March 14, undated
Note: Biotechnology, sustainable energy.
Minnesota Institute of Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
Box   1
Folder   35
By-laws, 1993-2001
Box   1
Folder   36
Correspondence, 1994-1996
Box   1
Folder   37-39
Meeting materials, 1997-1998
Box   2
Folder   1-7
Meeting materials, 1998-2001
Note: Includes materials related to the University of Minnesota's funding of agricultural biotechnology, its support for sustainable agriculture, and the resignation of MISA director Don Wyse, 2000.
Box   2
Folder   8
MISA Review Task Force, 1996
Box   2
Folder   9
Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet (M&O) board materials, 2000
Box   2
Folder   10
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (NCSA), 2000-2007
News clippings
Box   2
Folder   11
General, 1988-2005
Box   2
Folder   12
Profitability, 1993-1995
Box   2
Folder   13
Public opinion, 1989-1994, undated
Box   2
Folder   14
Policy, legislation, regulation, 1990-1995, 2001
Box   2
Folder   15
1990 Farm Bill, 1990-1993, undated
Box   2
Folder   16
Regional organizations, brochures, 1997-2005, undated
Box   2
Folder   17
Stewardship farming, 1988, 1992
Box   2
Folder   18
Supply management, 1967-1993
Box   2
Folder   19
Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), 1992-1993
Box   2
Folder   20
Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SAWG), 1989-2001
Box   2
Folder   21
Sustainable production, 1993-1997
Box   2
Folder   22
Techniques, 1993-1995
Series: Organic Agriculture
Box   2
Folder   23-24
Articles, reports, papers, 1982-2004, undated
Box   2
Folder   25
Biodynamic agriculture, 1994-1995
Box   2
Folder   26
Certification, 1993-2000
Box   2
Folder   27
Conferences, 1991-2001
Box   2
Folder   28
Correspondence, notes, 1993-1997
Box   2
Folder   29
Farmers' Legal Action Group (FLAG), 1993, 2000
Note: Legal analysis of the OFPA and national organic certification program, 1993 May.
Box   2
Folder   30
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), biotechnology, 1996-2001
Box   2
Folder   31-32
Marketing, 1993-2001
Box   2
Folder   33
National Organic Community Coalition for Private Seal Use, 1996
Note: Established by the Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA) and Farm Verified Organic (FVO).
Box   2
Folder   34
News clippings, 1980-1998, undated
Box   2
Folder   35
Opposition, 1990-1998
Note: Dennis Avery et al.
Box   2
Folder   36
Organic cotton, 1992-2000
Box   2
Folder   37
Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF), 1995 National Organic Farmers Survey results, 1995-1996
Organic Growers and Buyers Association (OGBA)
Box   2
Folder   38-41
Board of Directors materials, 1995-2000
Box   2
Folder   42-45
Organic standards, 1995, 1997, 1999
Box   3
Folder   1-7
Organic standards, 1999 (continued), 2000-2001
Note: Proposed 2000 standards, fee schedule changes.
Box   3
Folder   8
"Understanding and Adapting to the New Reality: Impact of the New National Organic Standards Process for Minnesota's Farmers, Certification Agencies, and Food Distributors" project, 1995-1996
Note: Project of OGBA and IATP.
Box   3
Folder   9
Organic production, 1993-2006
Box   3
Folder   10
Organic versus sustainable, 1995-1996
Box   3
Folder   11
Pest control, 1990-1998, undated
Box   3
Folder   12
Prices, 1993-2001
Box   3
Folder   13
Prince of Wales, HRH, 1998, 2012
Note: Later Charles III, King of Great Britain.
Box   3
Folder   14
Resources, 1987-2001
Standards and certification
Box   3
Folder   15
Example (ProfiSeed), 1997-1998
Box   3
Folder   16
Minnesota, 1989-2000
Box   3
Folder   17
National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), 1993-1996
Box   4
Folder   1
Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA), 1993-1997
Note: Includes 1994 by-laws and standards. Also press release regarding the Glacial Ridge case, 1996-1997.
Box   4
Folder   2-3
Organic Farmers Marketing Association (OFMA), 1998
Note: Side by side review of the NOP rule and the NOP preamble with the OFPA, and two Congressional reports on the OFPA.
Box   4
Folder   4
Comparison of the OFPA of 1990 and the Codex Proposed Draft Guidelines for … Organically Produced Foods, 1997
Note: Compare earlier version in Michael Sligh papers, Box 36, Folder 30.
Box   4
Folder   5
Organic Trust Ltd. (Ireland), 1997
Box   4
Folder   6
Stichting Milieukeur (Netherlands), 1998
Box   4
Folder   7
Trade, effect on, 1998-2001
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic rule
Box   4
Folder   8-11
Industry response, 1993-1998, 2000-2001, 2010
Box   4
Folder   12-13
News clippings, 1994-1998
Box   4
Folder   14
Water quality, 1993, undated
Series: IATP Fact Sheets and News Bulletins
Box   4
Folder   15
1993-2005