Pfingston, a former National Vice President and Iowa state officer of NFO, was responsible for organizing northwest Iowa and southern Minnesota. Held the first NFO meeting in Minnesota on April 12, 1960, at Iona, MN. Discussion on role of NFO in rural America, its early organization in Iowa and Minnesota, problems in early years, and growth of the NFO. Some reflections on the Farm Holiday Association movement as a protest group in Iowa and Minnesota.