Is Organic Food Worth The Cost
The phrase “organic farming” was coined in 1940 by Lord Northbourne, a British author and Olympic athlete who helped launch the organic movement. Joined by fellow organic pioneers like J.I. Rodale, Lady Eve Balfour and Albert Howard, he championed farms as natural ecosystems, and railed against chemical fertilizers and pesticides. “The farm itself must have a biological completeness,” he wrote. “It must be a living entity … which has within itself a balanced organic life....