Download or read book The Lost Science of Organic Cultivation written by Sir Albert Howard and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Gardeners International (ggi.org.uk) is with updates by Richard Higgins (Chairman) who has researched and developed the system over the last 25 years and has produced the HH-2 Waste Management and Horticultural System which is based upon it. This work details real fertility making for the modern day on any scale and has attracted contracts with Save the Children and other organisations as they see that real health and immunity from disease comes from the food we eat which we can grow ourselves.Describing what went wrong with world agriculture over 100 years ago and how to put it right today.This is the science of how to replenish the Earth, from the ancient Chinese civilisation 4,800 years agofrom where this science originates.They produced the healthiest type of food through the medium of fungi and bacteria which has all but been forgotten though It is easily made and maintained with the HH-2 Horticultural System today.Not only that, but with the development of the HH-3 Dry toilet system featured in this book that Higgins has developedfor world distribution. The Good Gardeners charity shows how it works in conjunction with the HH-2 units that have no moving parts or elctrical hook up or solar intervention. Richard Higgins releases this simple but most effective technology of Dry Sanitation and how by protecting thermophilic reaction in the HH-2 units all forms of sanitation wastes are rendered safe and harmless by proven science and indeed become optimum fertiliser in just 90 days! This information has attracted the attention of many universities of the world.Food grown this way will build the immune system and prevent the onslought of disease in both animal and man as it did for the ancient civilisations. With staggering paralels to the Black Earth of the Amaronian Indians, Terra Preta, the production of HH-4 fertiliser is easily and completely understood in detail from the Good Gardeners charity today and is available on ebay too - just type in HH-4 fertiliser.It is a leading light in the search for improved health and sustainable food production.
Download or read book The Soil and Health written by Albert Howard and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2011-01-23 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his years as a scientist working for the British government in India, Sir Albert Howard conceived of and refined the principles of organic agriculture. Howard’s The Soil and Health became a seminal and inspirational text in the organic movement soon after its publication in 1945. The Soil and Health argues that industrial agriculture, emergent in Howard’s era and dominant today, disrupts the delicate balance of nature and irrevocably robs the soil of its fertility. Howard’s classic treatise links the burgeoning health crises facing crops, livestock, and humanity to this radical degradation of the Earth’s soil. His message—that we must respect and restore the health of the soil for the benefit of future generations—still resonates among those who are concerned about the effects of chemically enhanced agriculture.
Download or read book Organic Cultivation written by Richard WHITTAKER (of the Soil Association.) and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Organic written by Robin O'Sullivan and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1947, when J. I. Rodale, editor of Organic Gardening, declared, "the Revolution has begun," a mere 60,000 readers and a ragtag army of followers rallied to the cause, touting the benefits of food grown with all-natural humus. More than a half century later, organic farming is part of a multi-billion-dollar industry, spreading from the family farm to agricultural conglomerates, and from the supermarket to the farmer's market to the dinner tables of families all across America. In the organic zeitgeist the adage "you are what you eat" truly applies, and this book reveals what the dynamics of organic culture tells us about who we are. Rodale's goal was to improve individuals and the world. American Organics shows how the organic movement has been more successful in the former than the latter, while preserving connections to environmentalism, agrarianism, and nutritional dogma. With the unbiased eye of a cultural historian, Robin O'Sullivan traces the movement from agricultural pioneers in the 1940s to hippies in the 1960s to consumer activists today—from a counter cultural moment to a mainstream concern, with advocates in highbrow culinary circles, agri-business, and mom-and-pop grocery stores. Her approach is holistic, examining intersections of farmers, gardeners, consumers, government regulations, food shipping venues, advertisements, books, grassroots groups, and mega-industries involved in all echelons of the organic food movement. In American Organic we see how organic growing and consumption has been everything from a practical decision, lifestyle choice, and status marker to a political deed, subversive effort, and social philosophy—and how organic production and consumption are entrenched in the lives of all Americans, whether they eat organic food or not.
Download or read book An Agricultural Testament written by Albert Howard and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to draw attention to the destruction of the earth's capital - the soil; to indicate some of the consequences of this; and to suggest methods by which the lost fertility can be restored and maintained. "An Agricultural Testament" is Sir Albert Howard's best-known publication, and remains one of the seminal works in the history of organic farming agricultural movement. Dedicated to his first wife and co-worker, herself a plant phsyiologist, it focuses on the nature and management of soil fertility, and notably explores composting. At a time when modern, chemical-based industrialized agriculture was just beginning to radically alter food production, it advocated natural processes rather than man-made inputs as the superior approach to farming.
Download or read book The Science Beneath Organic Production written by David Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate written by Thomas R. DeGregori and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2003-10-20 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate takes an historical look at two contrasting streams of ideas. The first view comprises the flow of ideas in chemistry and biology that have created the conditions for modern medicine, modern food production and the biotechnological revolution. The second view is the "vitalist" reaction to the rise of modern science and the resulting rejection of modern agriculture. Contemporary proponents of "organic" agriculture and the anti-genetically modified food movement believe that "pure" food confers some special kind of virtue both on those who produce it and those who consume it. They fail to acknowledge that organic chemistry, genetics, and molecular biology have been as essential to twentieth century advances in agriculture such as plant breeding, and are instrumental to ensuring that there is enough food for everyone. Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate Begins with an exploration of the factors involved in our modern fear of technology, a fear which forms the foundation for anti-technology beliefs and practices. Argues that vitalism is at the core of an array of contemporary anti-science and anti-technology movements. Helps readers fully understand the ferocity with which certain beliefs about homeopathic medicine and the "organic" are held against all evidence to the contrary. Explains the history of nitrogen in life and in agriculture, countering myths of scarce resources and beliefs about the sufficiency of organic nitrogen to feed the world’s population. Purports that technology creates resources, debunking the idea that resources are natural, fixed and finite. Updates and clarifies issues discussed in the author's previous works: A Theory of Technology (1985), Agriculture and Modern Technology (2001) and The Environment, Our Natural Resources and Modern Technology (2002). We need to better understand the forces of scientific and technological change if we are to control the negative elements of these forces, continue to advance the development of science and technology, and facilitate fuller participation in the benefits of our advancing capability to further the human endeavor. Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate will provide a basis for this understanding.
Download or read book Organic Farming and Gardening 1969 1978 written by United States. Science and Education Administration and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceeding of a Symposium on Organic Farming written by Atlanta Symposium on Organic Farming: Current Technology and Its Role in a Sustainable Agriculture (Ga, 1981) and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Organic Agriculture written by J.C. Tarafdar and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to draw attention to the ill-health of the soil; to indicate some of the consequences of this; to suggest method by which the lost fertility could be restored and to enlist research findings to utilize in making farm products as well as farm resources free from chemical pollution. This book provides an overall review of different tools for organic agriculture followed by discussions on sustainability.
Download or read book Organic Farming and Gardening 1969 1976 written by United States. Science and Education Administration and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Origins of the Organic Movement written by Philip Conford and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With recent media hysteria and public concern about BSE and genetically-modified crops, we could be forgiven for thinking that the upsurge of interest in organic farming is a reflection of modern debate, and a vindication of what left-wing alternative groups have been advocating for years.However, in this first and authoritative history of twentieth century "green" culture, Philip Conford reveals that the early exponents of the organic movement actually belonged more to extreme right-wing, conservative groups, which were reacting to industrialization and the increasing threat to traditional country life, closely associated with socialist politics.Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, Conford chronicles the origins of the organic movement in Britain and America between the 1920s and 1960s, and offers a perceptive portrayal of an organization which believes implicitly in the positive acceptance of the natural order and its laws. The author demonstrates convincingly that organic farming is not a recent issue, and traces the evolution of this now thriving movement.With the recent EU directive banning animal products in animal feed, together with the public backlash against genetically-modified crops, this book provides powerful reinforcement to a debate that has raged for over a century, and which affects us all.
Download or read book The Soil and Health written by Sir Albert Howard and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lost Science of Measuring the Earth written by Robin Heath and published by Adventures Unlimited Press. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long trackways, stone rows, circles, standing stones, and huge earthworks may be found all over Britain, monuments dating back well over 4000 years. The authors have made a remarkable breakthrough in understanding the system by which prehistoric monuments were designed and placed.
Download or read book Farmers of Forty Centuries or Permanent Agriculture in China Korea and Japan written by F. H. King and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1926, this classic survey, which includes nearly 250 photographs, examines the traditional farming methods of the densely populated lands of China, Korea and Japan and shows how fertility can be maintained over many centuries through conserving and utilizing natural resources. In the Introduction, the author notes: ‘The United States as yet a nation of but few people widely scattered over a broad virgin land with more than twenty acres to the support of every man, woman and child, while the people whose practices are to be considered are toiling in fields tilled more than three thousand years and who have scarcely more than two acres per capita, more than one-half of which is uncultivable land.’ Researchers and scholars in the fields of human geography, regional studies and earth sciences, as well as social and economic history will welcome this landmark study being returned to print.
Download or read book The Global History of Organic Farming written by Gregory Allen Barton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roots of the organic challenge -- The cultural soil of organic farming -- Albert Howard and the world as Shropshire -- The Howards in India -- The search for pre-modern wisdom -- The compost wars -- To the empire and beyond -- The globalization of organic farming -- The 1980s to the present -- Organic farming and the challenge of globalization
Download or read book The Natural Way of Farming written by Masanobu Fukuoka and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ...A natural way of farming that renounces all human knowledge and intervention. - preface.
