Organic Manifesto How Organic Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe

Name: Organic Manifesto How Organic Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe
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ISBN: 9781605294858

ISBN-10: 1605294853

ISBN-13: 9781605294858

Edition: 2010

Authors: Maria Rodale, Eric Scholsser

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Rodale was founded on the belief that organic gardening is the key to better health both for us and for the planet, and never has this message been more urgent. Now Maria Rodale, chairman of Rodale, sheds new light on the state of 21st century farming. She examines the unholy alliances that have formed between the chemical companies that produce fertilizer and genetically altered seeds, the agricultural educational system that is virtually subsidized by those same companies, and the government agencies in thrall to powerful lobbyists, all of which perpetuate dangerous farming practices and deliberate misconceptions about organic farming and foods. Interviews with government officials,…

Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 3/16/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.83" wide x 8.54" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction



The Great Chemical Experiment (In Which We Are All Guinea Pigs)



We Have Poisoned Our Soil, Our Water, and Our Air



We Have Poisoned Ourselves and Our Children



The Tortuous Journey to Our Extinction



Chemical Farming Today



The Birth of Our Chemical Addiction



How Industry and the Government Have Betrayed Us



The Age of Healing



Organic Farming Today



The Truth about Modern Organic Farming



Five Solutions That Might Save Us


Acknowledgments


Endnotes


Index