Minnesota Agricultural Land Preservation Program records, 1963-1991 (bulk 1980-1983).

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Minnesota Agricultural Land Preservation Program records, 1963-1991 (bulk 1980-1983).

Records of the Minnesota Agricultural Land Preservation Program, which administers the promotion and increase in public awareness of the need for agricultural land preservation and provides financial and technical assistance to local units of government preparing plans and official controls under the program. Included are both files documenting a national agricultural lands study conducted in the early 1980s and subject files detailing various aspects and activities of the program, particularly a citizen's task force, the Governor's Council on Rural Development, legislation, land stewardship, metropolitan agricultural preserves, county participation, and the impact of bridge and road repair on agricultural lands.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7081796

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Minnesota. Dept. of Agriculture.

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The organization's stated purpose was "to conduct a general creamery products service upon the cooperative plan, in order to assist the cooperative creameries of Minnesota," especially through advising on creamery management, improving the quality of butter, and assisting with advertisement and sale of dairy products in general. It became Land O'Lakes Creameries in 1926. From the description of Records relating to the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Association, 1921-1926. (Unknown)...

Minnesota. Governor's Council on Rural Development

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Minnesota. Agricultural Land Preservation Program

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