The Elizabeth Henderson Archives consist of three main collections centered around community supported agriculture (CSA), farming, and social justice. Elizabeth Henderson farmed at Peacework Farm in Wayne County, New York, producing organically grown vegetables for the fresh market for over 30 years. As a farmer, activist, and writer, she has exerted an enormous influence on the movement for organic and sustainable agriculture.
Henderson was a founding member of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) in Massachusetts, has served on the Board of Directors for Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY), SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) Northeast, and many other farming organizations at the state, regional, and national level. From 1993 – 2013, she chaired the Agricultural Development Board in Wayne County and took an active role in creating the Farming and Farmland Protection Plan for the county.
See below for specific topics of interest with corresponding materials, as well as a breakdown of the Henderson Archives by collection.
Topics of Interest
This list consists of potential topics for research and specific folders or items to use. Call numbers listed (ex: EHEN 2.001) can be searched for using the archives catalog where a description of the item or folder is located. Search using the call phrase “EHEN” before the numbers listed.
Alternative Agriculture
Consult EHEN 1.150, 2.039, 2.040, 2.041, 2.047, 2.097, 2.103, 2.143, 2.144, 2.145, and 2.146.
CSAs Around the World
Consult EHEN 2.175, 2.176, 2.177, 2.178, 2.180, and 2.182.
CSAs/Agriculture Across the Country (US States)
Consult EHEN 2.030 (Cleveland, Ohio), 2.041 (Wisconsin), 2.101 and 2.102 (Iowa), 2.120 (Iowa and Wisconsin); 2.080, 2.090, 2.093, 2.119, 2.147, 2.151, and 3.24 (California); 1.97, 1.157, 2.031, 2.044, 2.056, 2.085, 2.086, 2.087, 2.091, 2.094, 2.095, 2.099, 2.100, 2.105, 2.107, 2.108, 2.111, 2.112, 2.115, 2.117, 2.119, 2.121, 2.123, 2.124, 2.130, 2.131, 2.134, 2.135, 2.136, 2.144, 2.145, 2.155, 2.179, 3.02, and 3.15 (New York); 2.119, 2.129, and 2.155 (Vermont); 2.029 and 2.119 (Maine); 2.104 (Southeast), search EHEN Northeast for Northeast or EHEN Midwest for regional agriculture materials.
CSA Brochure Design
To see CSA brochures and promotional materials, visit the library and view Elizabeth Henderson’s collection of brochures, flyers, and pamphlets, located in the special collections library next to her books.
CSA Conferences
Consult all 3 boxes of Elizabeth Henderson Collection #1, as well as EHEN 2.041, 2.053, 2.089, 2.122, 2.124, 2.125, 2.128, 2.131, 2.132, 2.133, 2.135, 2.147, 2.172, 2.176, 2.178, 2.179, 2.180, 2.182, 2.184, 3.04, and 3.13.
CSA Cooking/Recipes
Consult EHEN 2.010, 2.063, 2.149, 2.168, and 2.169.
CSA Growing/Producing
Consult EHEN 1.12, 1.13, 1.18, 1.33, 1.41, 1.162, 1.64, 1.102, 1.156, 1.162, 2.010, 2.011, 2.012, 2.027, 2.044, 2.053, 2.063, 2.079, 2.122, 2.127, and 2.156 .
CSA Membership Outreach
Consult EHEN 1.08, 1.19, 1.29, 1.31, 1.32, 1.37, 1.40, 1.63, 2.017, 2.068, 2.069, 2.104, 2.148, and 2.164.
For newsletters, consult EHEN 2.003, 2.004, 2.010, 2.022, 2.024, 2.025, 2.026, 2.055, 2.127, 2.157, 2.158, 2.159, 2.160, 2.161, 2.162, and 2.164.
Japanese Agriculture/CSA
Consult EHEN 2.171, 2.173, 2.175, 2.176, 2.177, 2.180, 2.183, and 2.184.
Organic Agriculture/Farming
Consult audiovisual materials EHEN 1.73, 1.82, 1.88, 1.91, 1.106, 1.108, 1.109, 1.110, 1.111, 1.112, 1.113, 1.114, 1117, 1.127, 1.140, 1.149, 1.153, 1.154, 1.157, 1.160, 1.161, 1.162, 1.164.
Consult written materials EHEN 2.029, 2.038, 2.042, 2.060, 2.072, 2.081, 2.083, 2.118, 2.121, 2.122, 2.126, 2.128, 2.129, 2.135, 2.146, 2.157, 2.158, 2.159, 2.160, 2.161, 2.174, 2.179, 2.182, 2.183, 2.184, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.08, 3.13, 3.17, 3.20, 3.21, and 3.25.
Organic Standards
Consult EHEN 1.70, 1.75, 1.88, 1.91, 1.111, 3.17, 3.20, and 3.25.
Poverty, Hunger, Food Security, and Social Justice
Consult EHEN 1.163, 2.092, 2.099, 2.100, 2.105, 2.123, 2.127, 2.155, 2.173, 2.179, 2.181, 3.01, and 3.21.
Sharing the Harvest
Consult EHEN 2.006, 2.007, 2.011, 2.014, 2.015, 2.016, 2.017, 2.018, 2.019, 2.020, 2.021, 2.153, and 2.163.
Starting a CSA
Consult EHEN 1.36, 1.37, 1.62, 2.000, 2.001, 2.056, 2.076, 2.167, and 2.179.
Elizabeth Henderson Archives Organization
Collection #1: Audio/visual Materials
Collection #1 contains audiovisual materials pertaining to CSAs, sustainable food systems, organic farming, and conferences. Collection #1 contains 3 boxes of materials.
Box #1
Box 1 contains cassette tapes from the 1997 Northeast CSA Conference. Tapes have recordings of different speakers from the conference and cover topics such as accessing farmland, community land trusts, growing crops for CSA, budgeting, CSA membership development, legal structures of CSAs, and women and farming. To search for items from this box, search “Elizabeth Henderson Collection #1 Box #1” in the archives catalog and look for call numbers 1.01-1.38.
Box #2
Box 2 contains cassette tapes from the 1999 Northeast CSA Conference. Tapes contain recordings of speakers and cover topics such as agricultural policy, biotechnology, organic standards, wholesale CSA farms, acquiring and transferring land for CSAs, urban CSA, different models of CSAs such as multiple farm programs, programs with animals, small farms, large farms, and the mechanics and tools needed for CSA programs. To search for items from this box, search “Elizabeth Henderson Collection #1 Box #2” in the archives catalog and look for call numbers 1.39-1.72.
Box #3
Box 3 contains assorted cassette tapes, DVDs, MP3s, and VHSs pertaining to community, farming, CSA, organic agriculture, the ECO-Farm 1993 conference, PASA conferences, TILTH conferences, NOFA conferences, agricultural policy, and growing and producing. To search for items from this box, search “Elizabeth Henderson Collection #2 Box #3” in the archives catalog and look for call numbers 1.73-1.164.
Collection #2: CSA Archival Materials
Collection #2 contains CSA materials such as research notes, papers, articles, and correspondences. This collection consists of 5 boxes of materials.
Box #1
Box 1 contains sections of Sharing the Harvest with notes and revisions, collections of CSA newsletters, correspondences between Elizabeth Henderson and staff at Chelsea Green regarding her book publication, and promotional/informational materials from different CSA programs which Elizabeth Henderson found to be of interest. To look for items within this box, search “Elizabeth Henderson Collection #2 Box #1” in the archives catalog and look for call numbers 2.000-2.026.
Box #2
Box 2 contains papers, articles, informational materials, and notes regarding CSA, alternative agriculture, sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture, and CSA support organizations. To find items from this box, search “Elizabeth Henderson Collection #2 Box #2” in the archives catalog and look for call numbers 2.027-2.085.
Box #3
Box 3 contains notes, informational pages, papers, articles, and booklets regarding CSA conferences in the US, CSA directories, state-specific CSA and farming information, agricultural policy, budgeting, and specifically New York agriculture. To find items from this box, search “Elizabeth Henderson Collection #2 Box #3” in the archives catalog and look for call numbers 2.086-2.147.
Box #4
Box 4 contains correspondences, newsletters, articles, and notes discussing the CSA Handbook, Genesee Valley Organic CSA, Peacework Community Land Trust, Valley Community Land Trust, land ideology, and Elizabeth Henderson’s farming experiences. To find items from this box, search “Elizabeth Henderson Collection #2 Box #4” in the archives catalog and look for call numbers 2.148-2.170.
Box #5
Box 5 contains information centered around CSAs in different parts of the world. Topics include the Teikei Movement in Japan, CSA and agriculture in Cuba, Portugal, and other countries around the world, as well as information regarding the global supermarket and international CSA conferences. To find items from this box, search “Elizabeth Henderson Collection #2 Box #5” in the archives catalog and look for call numbers 2.171-2.184.
Collection #3: International Food Justice Archival Materials
Collection #3 contains articles, conference notes and materials, articles, and correspondences relating to international food justice. This collection consists of 1 box of items.
This box contains papers, articles, conference materials, notes, and correspondences regarding international food justice, social justice, organic agriculture, psychology, sustainable food systems, and fair trade. To find items from this box, search “Elizabeth Henderson Collection #3” and look for items with call numbers starting with 3.