Library:
MN Historical Society
Location:
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION OH 37
Author:
Minnesota Farm Advocate Oral History Project.
Title:
Oral history interviews of the Minnesota Farm Advocate Oral History Project, 1988-1989.
Description:
13 sound cassettes (60 min. each).
Description:
23 sound cassettes (90 min. each).
Description:
31 v. ; 28 cm.
Restrictions:
Some of the interviews are restricted, see individual description sheets for restrictions.
Summary:
Thirty-one interviews with men and women involved with farm advocacy problems and programs.
Different personal styles of advocacy become evident as the narrators discuss important topics such as
mediation and negotiation. Working with farmers who have diverse ideas and personalities often creates
frustrations for the advocates who are trying to promote cooperation between the advocates and
different agencies. These frustrations are described along with the emotional rewards that come with helping
communities. Trends of farm advocacy and the historical roots of the trends are discussed, and
agricultural law is touched upon. Organizations such as the Farmer's Home Administration and the
Minnesota Farm Advocate Program are discussed as well as the farm activist group Groundswell.
Subject:
Farms, Small--Minnesota--Finance.
Subject:
Family farms--Minnesota--Finance.
Subject:
Pro se representation--Minnesota.
Subject:
Farmers--Economic conditions.
Genre-Heading:
Oral histories.
Genre-Heading:
Interviews.