The global history of organic farming / Gregory A. Barton.

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"This book tells the untold story of the organic farming movement and its massive impact on the world of agriculture and society. Organic farming turned the gaze of millions of people, institutions, and governments backwards to look at the past as a source of guidance and wisdom. It changed our cons...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barton, Greg (Gregory Allen) (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford, U K : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Organic farming > History.
Agriculture > History.
Agriculture.
Organic farming.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:242 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.