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2015 Aug. 18
Gilman, Steve
Steve Gilman oral history with Leslie Cox and Robert S. Cox
Amherst (Mass.) - Conversation with Steve Gilman of Saratoga, NY. Entry into organic farming through the back to the land movement in about 1970, though he had family background in gardens, transitioning from gardener to market gardener; got information from Rodale, the Nearings, Cooperative Extension, but began forming community connections and networks began to form, farmers' markets i... more
2015 Aug. 17
Henderson, Elizabeth, 1943-
Elizabeth Henderson oral history with Leslie Cox and Robert S. Cox
Amherst (Mass.) - Conversation with Elizabeth Henderson, organic farmer since 1979. Came to organic agriculture after her husband was killed in a car crash; had been academic in Slavic languages and literature at Boston University; the crash and her hatred of academic hierarchy led her to change life course; behavior of John Silber at BU led her to question her commitments and found the ... more