American Farm Bureau
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A brief overview of your interest group (be sure to put its name in bold in the first sentence) and the scope of the article goes here.[1]
The following list of sections should serve as a loose guideline for developing the body of your article. The works cited in references 2-5 are all fake; their purpose is to serve as a formatting model for your own citations.
History
Founding
This subsection should provide some historical context for the founding of your group, explain the motivations behind it, and describe the steps taken and challenges faced by its founders to get the ball rolling.[2]
In 1862 the Morrill Act established a number of land grant colleges across the country. These colleges were part of the Extension education movement, and the Hatch Act of 1887 established agriculture experimental stations at these colleges. These stations served as "Farmer's Institutes," a place of education for farmers.
In 1911 John Barron went to Broome County, New York to serve as the first Farm Bureau representative. It was financed jointly by the USDA, the Binghamton Chamber of Commerce and the Lackawanna Railroad.
Other states such as: Missouri, North Dakota, Vermont, Minnesota, Iowa, West Virginia and Illinois created similar state level farmers' organizations. In 1914, the Smith Lever Act donated additional funds and really furthered the effort.
In 1919 a group of farmers from 30 different states met in Chicago, Illinois, and founded the American Farm Bureau Federation. Their motive was to be able to speak for themselves through their own national organization. In 1920, the AFBF released the original mission statement:
"The purpose of Farm Bureau is to make the business of farming more profitable, and the community a better place to live. Farm Bureau should provide and organization in which members may secure the benefits of unified efforts in a way which could never be accomplished through individual effort."
Current objectives and activities
This section should discuss the group's current initiatives and tactics for influencing political outcomes (which may or may not be very different from its original goals and modus operandi).[3]
Organizational structure
This section should describe the group's organizational structure, including its principal leadership positions and their current incumbents.[4]
Achievements
This section should recount the group's major achievements, including but not limited to legislative and/or legal victories.[5]
Public perception and controversies
In developing this final section, be especially careful about maintaining a neutral stance and tone. Your aim should be to document the public's perception of your group and/or any controversies in which it is or has been embroiled without weighing in with your own opinion about them.
References
- ↑ See the "Writing an Encyclopedia Article" handout for more details.
- ↑ John Q. Sample, Why and How Interest Group X Was Founded. City: Publisher, 2015.
- ↑ "The Things We Do and How We Do Them," Interest Group X. 2006. Retrieved July 21, 2009 from http://www.interestgroupx.org/things_we_do.html
- ↑ First Author and Second Author, "The Organizational Structure of Interest Group X," Fake Journal of Nonexistent Scholarship 36:2 (2015) pp. 36-52.
- ↑ "Major Success for Interest Group X," Anytown Daily News, January 1, 2015, p. A6.