IFOAM | Pioneers of the Organic Movement, Organic Agriculture started as an idea of a few progressive minds who were able to see beyond conventional farming practices. Organic Agriculture owes its continued existence to their hard work and perseverance.

	Pioneers of the Organic Movement, Organic Agriculture started as an idea of a few progressive minds who were able to see beyond conventional farming practices. Organic Agriculture owes its continued existence to their hard work and perseverance.



	Organic Agriculture owes its continued existence to their hard work and perseverance of a few progressive minds, able to see beyond the hype of conventional farming practices. These progressive thinkers helped us to save many traditional sustainable practices, look critically at industrial agricultural systems, while at the same time developing new sustainable agriculture technologies. One Hand Clapping: Organic Farming in India - by Dave Wood 2002 Lady Eve Balfour Rudolf Steiner Sir Albert Howard Masanobu Fukuoka J.I.Rodale Aldo Leopold William Albrecht Louis Bromfield Edward Faulkner Ehrenfried Pfeiffer Alan Chadwick Alex Podolinsky Organic (Ltd) Listing of Important Organic People Hans Muller Wendell Berry Rachel Carson Helen and Scott Nearing Eliot Coleman The Origins of the Organic Movement by Phillip Conford The National Agricultural Library conducted oral history interviews with eleven people who provided leadership and inspiration in the field of alternative or sustainable agriculture. They are in the process of converting these to digital format. Three have been completed and are available online: Wes Jackson, Robert Rodale, Garth Youngberg. The University of California (Santa Cruz) has also recently completed a series of 58 oral history interviews with farmers, activists, researchers, and educators, documenting the history of organic farming in Central California from the 1960s to the present. If you have something more to offer to the platform please contact the coordinator, or submit information and resources. _{Questions or comments? Contact the Coordinator}




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