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How organic farming started
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9 minutes
Released:
Apr 18, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
In the aftermath of World War Two pesticides and chemical fertilisers started to become more widespread in the UK. Worries about the effect this would have on soil quality led Lady Eve Balfour to establish the Soil Association to promote natural farming techniques. John Butler has been a farmer all his life and he has been speaking to Dina Newman about Lady Eve and the early days of Britain's organic farming movement.
Photo: Lady Eve Balfour with some of her friends. Copyright: The Soil Association.
Photo: Lady Eve Balfour with some of her friends. Copyright: The Soil Association.
Released:
Apr 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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