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- catalog abstract ""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."-- Publisher's website.".
- catalog contributor b12237718.
- catalog contributor b12237719.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""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."-- Publisher's website.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-278) and index.".
- catalog description "Organic origins -- Blueprint for a new agriculture -- Shangri-la and three servants of empire -- Rudolf Steiner and biodynamic cultivation -- The great humus controversy -- Hands across the water -- Rural life : decline and revival -- Organic food and the quest for health -- Organic politics and economics -- Philip Mairet and the New English weekly -- The Chrisian context of organic husbandry -- The 1950s and today -- Appendix A: Leading figures ib the organic movement -- Appendix B: Groups, institutions and journals.".
- catalog extent "287 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Origins of the organic movement.".
- catalog identifier "0863153364".
- catalog identifier "9780863153365".
- catalog isFormatOf "Origins of the organic movement.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Edinburgh [Scotland] : Floris Books,".
- catalog relation "Origins of the organic movement.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "631.58409 21".
- catalog subject "GE195 .C66 2001".
- catalog subject "Green movement History.".
- catalog subject "Organic farming Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "Organic farming Political aspects.".
- catalog subject "Organic farming Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Organic farming United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Organic origins -- Blueprint for a new agriculture -- Shangri-la and three servants of empire -- Rudolf Steiner and biodynamic cultivation -- The great humus controversy -- Hands across the water -- Rural life : decline and revival -- Organic food and the quest for health -- Organic politics and economics -- Philip Mairet and the New English weekly -- The Chrisian context of organic husbandry -- The 1950s and today -- Appendix A: Leading figures ib the organic movement -- Appendix B: Groups, institutions and journals.".
- catalog title "The origins of the organic movement / Philip Conford ; with a foreword by Jonathan Dimbleby.".
- catalog type "text".