The global history of organic farming /

This book uncovers the untold history of the organic farming movement and its massive impact on the world of agriculture and society; how it changed our consumer habits and our ethics, pointing back to the inspiration of the agricultural past, and demanding that we think about how our food is grown...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barton, Greg (Gregory Allen) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Organic farming > History.
Agriculture biologique > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Organic farming
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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