Collection: USDA National Commission on Small Farms Records

Content Description

The USDA National Commission on Small Farms Records include administrative files; transcripts (paper, tape, and disk) of public hearings; letters from farmers; executive correspondence; memoranda; drafts and a final copy of "Report of the USDA National Commission on Small Farms: A Time to Act"; letterhead and design for final report; email requests for copies of the NCSF report; computer disks containing small farm documents; NCSF committee reports; and miscellaneous resource documents.

Dates

Creation: 1997-1998

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Organizational History

The National Commission on Small Farms (NCSF) was established by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman in 1997. The committee was charged with studying the problems of small and limited-resource farmers and to recommend ways to help those farmers.