Timeline

Video. Organic History: Origins and Evolution of the Organic Movement
08 May 2014
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Food Sleuth Radio Interview:
18 April 2014
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Selected Organic History Milestones
05 February 2014
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A Brief History of the Organic Farming Movement in the Midwest in the 1970s
26 February 2011
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INSIDE ORGANIC: Government Study Linking Pesticides and Cancer Supports Health Enhancing Benefits of Organic Food and Farming (Sept 2010)
01 September 2010
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Speech "The Evolution Of Organic Research From The 1970s to 2010" given at the U of M Lamberton Research Station | July 2010
08 July 2010
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INSIDE ORGANIC: Decision Allowing Monsanto and Others to Pour Political Money Into Congressional Campaigns Is a Threat to Organic Agriculture July/August 2010
01 July 2010
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INSIDE ORGANIC: Getting All 27 Agencies to Support Organic Farming: A New USDA Approach that Seems to be Underway May/June 2010
30 June 2010
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INSIDE ORGANIC: USDA Had an Organic Farming Coordinator in 1980; Call for Reinstatement Now Made 30 Years Later (March 2010)
01 March 2010
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INSIDE ORGANIC: Farmers and Researchers Team Up: How This Helps Organic Farmers Shape the Research Being Done (Jan/Feb 2010)
04 January 2010
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Guest Commentary published in the "OFARM Quarterly" - Organic Farmers and Consumers Face New Challenge: Stopping Government Backsliding on Organic Integrity 2006
01 November 2006
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INSIDE ORGANIC: Agency Solicits Research Agenda Input From Organic Farmers For Poorly-Funded 5-Year National Organic Research Program (Nov 06)
01 October 2006
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INSIDE ORGANIC: Wal-Mart’s Move into Organic Retailing Creates Concern and Uncertainty in the Organic Sector (Sept 06)
01 September 2006
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INSIDE ORGANIC: Expanding and Mainstreaming Organic Without the Loss of Integrity: The Proposed National Organic Action Plan Can Help Make That Happen (July 06)
01 July 2006
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INSIDE ORGANIC: Naming Industry Representatives to Consumer Slots Upsets the Balance And Undermines the Integrity of the National Organic Standards Board (May 06)
01 May 2006
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INSIDE ORGANIC: The Search Is Underway for the Missing Organic Farmer Voice (March 06)
01 March 2006
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Presentation on Organic Integrity Workshop at the MOSES Organic Farming Conference 2006
25 February 2006
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INSIDE ORGANIC: Big Push Underway to Make Organic Farming a 2007 Farm Bill Priority (Jan 06)
01 January 2006
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INSIDE ORGANIC: Hill Fight Signals Alarming Shift in How Organic Policy Is Made (Nov 05)
01 November 2005
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INSIDE ORGANIC: The Public Benefits of Organic Farming and Why They Matter: An Urgent Call to Action to Get This Important Story Told (Sept. 05)
01 September 2005
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Presentation at the MOSES Organic Farming Conference - Getting the Organic Message Out to Consumers | 2005
25 February 2005
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International Accreditation Progamme Brochure
01 June 2004
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International Organic Accreditation Service
01 June 2004
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National Campaign For Sustainable Agriculture - Organic Committee
01 March 2004
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Presentation at the OFARM Annual Meeting - Political Action Needed to Turn Back Threats to Organic Integrity 2004
25 February 2004
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How We All Work Together
21 May 2003
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Presentation: The Role of Accreditation In Accessing the Global Organic Marketplace | 2003
16 May 2003
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A speech presented at the Woodrow Wilson Center titled "Sustainable Agriculture In China" | 2003
13 March 2003
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USDA Organic Production Rules Goes Into Effect | October 21, 2002
21 October 2002

Presentation at the Upper Midwest Organic Conference: Organic Farming Has Gone Global | 2001
16 March 2001
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Presentation given in Beijing, China titled "Organic Food Exports from China to the United States" | 2000
25 April 2000
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Vision Document Produced by the Soul of Agriculture project: Soul Of Agriculture: A Production Ethic For the 21st Century, Creating A New Vision Of Farming | 1998
01 July 1998
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Invitation to "Soul Of Agriculture Get-Together" to Participate in the Creation of a Vision Document | 1998
01 June 1998
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Organic Watch Press Release: April 30, 1998
30 April 1998
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Presentation at the Upper Midwest Organic Conference 1998
20 February 1998
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Organic Watch's 16 Issues of Major Concern
01 February 1998
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"The Sixty-Six Points of Darkness" || January 15-16, 1998
15 January 1998
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Organic Watch Press Release: December 12, 1997
12 December 1997
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The Soul Of Agriculture Conference Descriptive Summary | 1997
14 November 1997
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Program for the National Conference - The Soul Of Agriculture | 1997
14 November 1997
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Book Chapter in "For All Generations: Making World Agriculture More Sustainable " Publicly Funded Models Supporting Sustainable Agriculture: Four Model Profiles 1997
25 June 1997
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Book Chapter in "For All Generations: Making World Agriculture More Sustainable" - The Worldwide Expansion of Organic Farming: Its Potential Contribution to a Global Transition to Sustainable Agriculture 1997
25 June 1997
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Report by WSAA to the Commission for Sustainable Development of the United Nations - Publicly Funded Models Supporting Sustainable Agriculture: Twenty Model Profiles 1997
02 April 1997
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Testimony to the US Senate Agriculture Committee on the Organic Rule 1997
02 March 1997
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A speech on Organic and Sustainable Agriculture in Asia | 1996
26 October 1996
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Earth Summit Article titled Two Years After Rio: Progress in Making a Global Transition to Sustainable Agriculture 1995
11 December 1995
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PARTICIPANT LIST
19 November 1995
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Paper titled Current Status and Future Prospects in Selected Countries | 1995
01 October 1995
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Paper on the Earmarked Grants Program, a Regional Environmental Center program that makes grants to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) | 1995
01 September 1995
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Presentation to the Green Food Association, Xian, China 1995
29 March 1995
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We Support the Campaign For Sustainable Agriculture
27 March 1995
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Earth Summit: Draft Framework for NGO Working Group on Sustainable Agriculture 1995
03 March 1995
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Presentation given to the Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources Republic of Moldova | 1994
08 July 1994
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Statement in response to the USDA Organic Livestock Hearing Notice dated Dec. 30, 1993: 1994
04 April 1994
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Public Input to the National Organic Standards Board 1993
16 May 1993
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Sustainable Agriculture: An Organic Vision for the 21st Century | 1993
20 March 1993
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Presentation at the Upper Midwest Organic Conference - Organic Farmers and the Feds: Can This Relationship Be Saved? 1993
06 March 1993
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A paper titled Organic Food and Farming; Development of Ecologically-Sound Agriculture Around the World 1993
02 March 1993
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Article published in the "Wisconsin Academy Review" - Report from Rio: Focus on Sustainable Agriculture 1992
07 December 1992
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Earth Summit Report presentated at the Issues and Answers Forum of the UN Conference on Environment & Development 1992
18 November 1992
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Article published in "NUTRITION ACTION: Health Newsletter" - Signed, Certified...& Organic -1992
01 November 1992
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National Dialogue Committee on Sustainable Agriculture
11 July 1992
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Presentation on Food Safety at the National IPM Forum 1992
19 June 1992
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Earth Summit NGO Action Treaties On Sustainable Development June 11,1992
11 June 1992
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Earth Summit NGO Food Security Treaty JUNE 11, 1992
11 June 1992
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Earth Summit NGO Sustainable Agriculture Treaty JUNE 11, 1992
11 June 1992
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Timetable and Plan for the Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro | 1992
03 June 1992
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Proposals for Language On Sustainable Agriculture In Agenda 21 | 1992
03 April 1992
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Original OFAC Grant 1992
15 March 1992
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Preconfence Informational Paper on the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), or Earth Summit Global Forum | 1992
11 March 1992
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Paper Describing the Structure, Purpose, and Activities of the Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
29 February 1992
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Biography of Roger Blobaum Director of Americans for Safe Food 1989-1992
29 February 1992
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Presentation on Food Safety as the National Director of Americans for Safe Food 1990s
12 February 1992
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Comments given in Brussels on Consumer Acceptance of Genetically Modified Organisms 1989-1992
12 February 1992
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Remarks on the Organic Food Production Act at the Eco-Farm Conference 1992
24 January 1992
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Article published in "The Environmental Magazine" - Eating As If the Earth Mattered 1992
01 January 1992
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Inaugural Meeting of the World Sustainable Agriculture Association | September 1991
06 September 1991
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Information on the World Sustainable Agriculture Association: Goals, Mission, Policies 1991-1996
03 August 1991
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Goals and Directors of the World Sustainable Agriculture Association 1991-1996
02 March 1991
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First Nominations Submitted For the National Organic Standards Board 1990
31 December 1990
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Original Invitation to join the Organic Farmer's Association Council 1990
06 December 1990
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Organic Production Act Debate August 1, 1990
01 August 1990
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Presentation on Food Safety to the Joint Meeting of Northeast Region Extension/Research Directors 1990
10 July 1990
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Organic Food Production Act: Statement to the joint hearing of the Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, & Nutrition Subcommittee and the Department Operations, Research, & Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee House Committee on Agriculture 1990
19 June 1990
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Organic Food Production Act: TRANSCRIPT of statement to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture 1990
19 June 1990
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Organic Food Production Act: TRANSCRIPT of Testimony and Delivery of Petitions to US Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry 1990
26 March 1990
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Organic Food Production Act S. 2108: Presentation of 136,000 consumer signatures to Senator Patrick Leahy and the Senate Subcommitee on Agriculture 1990
22 March 1990
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Testimony in support of Delegate Hattery's Bill to establish a Maryland state organic certification and labeling program given to the Environment Matters Committee Maryland House of Delegates 1990
06 March 1990
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Organic Foods Production Act Passes | 1990
01 January 1990

List of Participants of the Organic Farmers Associations Council Convening Assembly 1990
29 December 1989
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Brochure of the Organic Farmers Association Council | 1989
30 November 1989
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Presentation on the Food Safety Panel to the Western Association of State Departments of Agriculture | 1989
14 August 1989
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Lynn Johnston's Cartoon Bashes Organic in Montery Peninsula Herald | 1984
30 April 1984
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Chapter 5 in the book "Protecting Farmlands" - Farming on the Urban Fringe | 1984
10 January 1984
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Book Chapter in "Agriculture as a Producer and Consumer of Energy" - Toward Energy Self-Sufficiency: The Small Farm Energy Project Experience | 1982
01 May 1982
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Presention At The Caribbean Renewable Energy Symposium, Kingston, Jamaica - Solar Applications in U.S. Agriculture | 1981
28 July 1981
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Statement for Joint Hearing to the House and Senate on Energy Conservation & Supply | 1979
30 April 1979
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A speech presented to the American Political Science Association - THE POLITICS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION | 1976
05 September 1976
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Article Published in "The Network Quarterly" - Farmers, Consumers, and Agribusiness | 1976
01 September 1976
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South Dakota Organic Livestock Producers Tell Their Veterinarian: ‘We Didn’t Switch Veterinarians: We Just Don’t Need You Anymore’ 1972-1975
19 April 1975
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Nebraska Experiment Station Leader Outlines Details of Midwest’s First Organic Farming Trials 1972-1975
23 March 1975
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Speech titled Nutrition And How Food Is Grown 1970s
20 March 1975
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Book Chapter in "Food For People, Not For Profit" - Wresting Agriculture from Corporate Farmers | 1975
10 March 1975
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A speech titled "Energy Efficient Small Family Farms" | 1970s
11 February 1975
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Minnesota Farmers Make History by Obtaining the Nation’s First Organic Farming Research Grant
01 January 1975
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Three Nebraska Organic Farmers Beat Worst Drought Since the 1930s
01 May 1974
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Organic Farmers in 17 States Market Commodities At Premium Prices Through New Marketing Agency 1972-1975
18 April 1974
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Restored Water-Powered Roller Mill in Minnesota Enables Grain Farmers to Reach National Markets for Organic Flour 1972-1975
18 April 1974
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How Organic Practices Transformed Scalped Hilltop Acreage Into ‘Organic Experimental Acres’ Homesite in South Dakota 1972-1975
18 April 1974
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Organic Farmer in Northwest Minnesota Is Operating One of the Nation’s Largest On-Farm Milling Setups
01 April 1974
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Kansas Organic Farmer’s Profitable Operation Bypasses Traditional Market System Entirely
01 March 1974
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A study report to the Citizens Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality - The Loss Of Agricultural Land | 1974
11 February 1974
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‘Every Year Was Better; The Fourth Was the Turning Point. It Was Just Wonderful To Be Able to Farm That Way Again’
01 February 1974
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Statement by Roger Blobaum Before Subcommittee on Foreign Economic Policy Of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Land Ownership And Control | 1974
29 January 1974
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Iowa Farmer’s Transition to Organic Pays Dividends In Fertile Soil, Healthy Livestock, and Direct Markets
01 January 1974
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Special Report published in "The Link Newsletter" - The Family Farm Versus Agribusiness: Will the Corporations Take Over Food Production? | 1973
20 August 1973
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Remarks at the Land Reform Conference San Francisco | 1973
26 April 1973
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Nebraska Cattle Feeder Sells Organically-Grown Beef Direct 1972-1975
19 April 1973
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European Soil Scientists Discuss Biological Farming at Summer Organic Farming Workshop at Boys Town 1972-1975
19 April 1973
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Madison Co-op History 1972-1975
18 April 1973
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Speech at the Catholic Rural Life Conference on Corporate Farming Issues | 1973
23 January 1973
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Iowa Farmers Report Organic Methods Guarantee Good Crops in Drought Years 1972-1975
19 April 1972
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Statement to the Subcommittee on Monopoly, Senate Small Business Committee | 1971
23 November 1971
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Senator Gaylord Nelson Introduces Legislation to Ban DDT | 1966
12 July 1966
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PRESS RELEASE: Senator Nelson Urges the USDA to Stop Recommending DDT | 1966
19 June 1966
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DDT News Clippings | 1966
10 February 1966
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FARM BILL: Testimony On Long-Term Cropland Adjustment | 1965
30 June 1965
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PRESS RELEASE: Gaylord Nelson's Plan To Use Small "Wildlife Service Payments" | 1965
10 February 1965
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