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small farms

 Subject
Subject Source: Nalt
Scope Note: Farms with less than $250,000 gross receipts annually, on which day-to-day labor and management are provided by the farmer and/or the farm family that owns the production or owns, or leases, the productive assets.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

USDA National Commission on Small Farms Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0255
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: 1997-1998
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0092
Content Description

The USDA Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Records consist of letters, memoranda, correspondence, reports, newspapers, newsletters, and publications.

Dates: 1982-1994
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Small Farms Research (Northeastern Region) Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0177
Content Description

The USDA Small Farms Research (Northeastern Region) Records consist of monthly reports, correspondence, publications, and photocopies of articles.

Dates: 1978-1979
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections