Tag Archives: Sir Albert Howard
Soil Love Story
“We don’t grow plants, we grow soil. Soil grows plants”. This is the most pertinent and profound statement I’ve heard in a long time. Most of us don’t think about soil or even growing food. Yet, if we ever pause … Continue reading
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Tagged compost, Deborah Koons Garcia, mulching, Sir Albert Howard, soil, Symphony of the Soil, The Future of Food
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Beware of the propagandists
A perplexing headline has been making the rounds on the web for a couple of days : “Media May be Hyping Benefits of Organic Food, Agriculture–News accounts of organic agriculture and organic food are more likely to be positive than … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristish Food Journal, Doug Powell, Europe, food safety, GMO, Monsanto, Sir Albert Howard, Soil Association
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Growing food in a shoebox
I once heard Michael Pollan evoke our relationship with food in a way that profoundly resonated with me. “For a long time, the environmentalist movement had a blind spot for agriculture. It has turned around as it’s realizing that food … Continue reading
