Summary

Links to issues related to the emergence of the organic agriculture social movement.

(Note: all of the "internal" links refer to files on cbu's local hard drive; contact me to obtain copies. (In order for these links to work locally a version of this file needs to be opened in a new window via the contextual menu.)

-- cbu (04/25/2005)

• Core Historical Literature of Agriculture

Rothamsted Experimental Station

• The Rothamsted Experimental Station, history

United States Department of Agriculture resources

• USDA "ag chemicals and production technology" statistics
• USDA "Agricultural Chemical Use Database"

Pesticides

• History of Pest Control
• History of Insecticides and Control Equipment
• Some Pesticides Permitted in Organic Gardening

Rudolph Steiner, Anthroposophy, Biodynamics

• Rudolph Steiner Archives
• Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association
• Anthroposophical Society In America
• The Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland
• The Institute for Biodynamic Research in Darmstadt, Germany

• "The Early Days of Bio-Dynamics in America (part I)"; Gregg 1979 [.pdf]
• "The Early Days of Bio-Dynamics in America (part II)"; Gregg 1979 [.pdf]

Sir Albert Howard, the Soil Association

• An Agricultural Testament by Sir Albert Howard 91940)

Lady Eve Balfour

• The Soil Association
• Towards A Sustainable Agriculture (1977)

J.I. Rodale, the Rodale Institute

• www.rodale.com
• Pennsylvania Environmental Heritage biography of Rodale
• Pay Dirt by J. I. Rodale

Miscellaneous

• Organic Movement Pioneers
• Holistic Agriculture Library
• This Famishing World by Alfred W. McCann (1918)
• "The Organic Farming Myth" by R. I. Throckmorton