Green Harvest

Name: Green Harvest
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ISBN: 9780643098374

A History of Organic Farming and Gardening in Australia

Rebecca Jones

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CSIRO Publishing
03 September 2010

Agriculture & related industries; The environment; Organic farming; Horticulture; Gardening; Organic gardening

Green Harvest explores the ideas and practices that have shaped organic farming and gardening in Australia from the interwar years to the present day. It traces four themes of Australian organic farming and gardening – soil, chemical free, ecological wellbeing and back to the land – each illustrated with a case study profiling an Australian organic farmer or gardener. The book also features extracts from early organic magazines and interviews with current organic growers, managers of outback sheep stations, dairy farmers and self-sufficiency gardeners.

By: Rebecca Jones
Imprint: CSIRO Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 417g
ISBN: 9780643098374
ISBN 10: 0643098372
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 03 September 2010
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Green Harvest: A History of Organic Farming and Gardening in Australia

Jones, an organic grower who teaches health ecology at Monash University, demonstrates that farmers and gardeners have been using organic methods in Australia since the 1940s. She draws on writings by organic growers themselves, found in magazines, newsletters, and books, as well as interviews with organic farmers and gardeners, to explore how definitions and methods of organic growing have changed over time. She examines organic growers' beliefs about the relationship between human health and the physical environment through the lenses of environmental history and health ecology. Each of the book's four major themes-soil, chemical free, ecological well-being, and back to the land-is illustrated with a case study of an Australian farmer or gardener. The book is illustrated with color and b&w photos and illustrations, some historical. --Book News Inc.