During his years as a scientist working for the British government in
India, Sir Albert Howard conceived of and refined the principles of
organic agriculture. Howard's The Soil and Health became a seminal and
inspirational text in the organic movement soon after its publication in
1945. The Soil and Health argues that industrial agriculture, emergent
in Howard's era and dominant today, disrupts the delicate balance of
nature and irrevocably robs the soil of its fertility. Howard's classic
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