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The University Press of Kentucky The Soil and Health by Albert Howard
With a New Introduction by Wendell Berry The Soil and Health was published in 1945 just before agricultural corporations surged to global proportions. Sir Albert Howards work is a major inspiration to the growing organic and sustainable farming movement and a thoughtprovoking reminder of a road not taken in developing mainstream agriculture during the past halfcentury. The central tenet of Howards philosophy is that healthy soil vegetation animals and humans are connected and that undernourishment of soil is the source of modern agricultural and health problems. In Howards estimation heavy reliance on chemical fertilizers will ultimately lead to widespread disease and destruction of vibrant communities. As the environmental and social consequences of industrial farming are being hotly debated The Soil and Health remains vital to understanding what is at stake in the battle between chemical and organic farming. Sir Albert Howard (18731947) founder of the organic farming movement is the author of several books including An Agricultural Testament.show more