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The Soil and Health, a classic of organic farming, is an essential introduction to organic gardening and farming.


"The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible." - Albert Howard.


At the turn of the twentieth century, chemical fertilizers seemed to offer limitless potential in agriculture. However,…

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Howard helped me to understand and appreciate the life in soil. How soil is more than an assemblage of chemical nutrients for plants, which was a predominant view when I started farming. 

He wrote: "The agriculturalist must obey Nature's rules,” which was radical in the 1940s! He started as an agricultural chemist but came to distrust synthetic fertilisers and pesticides. He valued and explains the importance of compost and mycorrhizal fungi, and coined a phrase that has become a mantra: ”Feed the soil not the plant”. I value his sincerity which shines throughout his books – they read…

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