Jayne MacLean Interview - When was USDAs first foray into sustainable agriculture?

Oral History Interview Series. This is a specific question of interest that Jayne MacLean answered in her interview with Jane Gates. Interview by Jane Gates, April 1994.

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Description:
Jayne T. MacLean was Coordinator of the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, National Agricultural Library, from 1986 until her retirement in December 1993. She was one of the first USDA employees to openly support alternative agriculture.

Oral history interview by Jane Gates with Jayne MacLean.
Authors:
MacLean, Jayne T.
Gates, Jane Potter.
National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
Published: Beltsville, Md. : National
Agricultural Library, 1994.
Series: Alternative Farming Systems
Information Center Oral History
Interview Series
Note(s):
Interview was conducted April 1994.
40:00 mins.
Cameraman and editor, Ron Hamilton.
NAL Call No.: Videocassette #1009.
AGRICOLA Record:
http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&CNT=20&CM...

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