Records, 1955-[ongoing].

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Records, 1955-[ongoing].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41367031

This collection includes correspondence, reports, press releases, legal documents, a history of the NFO, publications and audiotapes. The majority of the collection consists of audiotapes which contain information about NFO conferences, holding actions, and other agricultural issues. Additional information may be found in the Charles Walters Papers (MS-588); Walters photographed NFO activities.

18.16 linear ft. (13 records center cartons, 3 document boxes)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7436321

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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National Farmers Organization (U.S.)

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The National Farmers Organization (NFO) was founded in 1955 to combat low prices farmers received from food processors. The NFO argued that farmers made up nine percent of the nation's population but only earned four percent of its income. The early history of the NFO was marked by radicalism; farmers organized withholding actions to increase prices, then staged boycotts and protests. The more aggressive aspects of the organization's activities receded by 1979, when its focus turned to collectiv...