Isn't Rodale Press the publisher of Prevention Magazine?


At 11:45 AM 9/17/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey, watch me get this back on topic!
>
>I'm reading a book called Organic Gardening from Rodale Press.  In the
>beginning of the book (I just bought it last night), Rodale talks about an
>Englishman in India in the 40's who was the pioneer of the organic
>movement.  Anyway, this guy got a 75-acre parcel from the government and
>let the locals farm it and paid attention to what they were doing.  They
>composted and returned every bit of organic matter that they could to the
>soil.  Soon, their families and animals became healthier.  Then he talks
>about a boys school where he applied this knowledge and none of the boys
>ever got colds or sicknesses, but the kids in other schools did where they
>were using artificial fertilizers in their vegetable farming.
>
>There's some food for thought, eh?
>
>Take care,
>John Pavao
>
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>One thing is for sure:  start a compost pile.  There is nothing in the
>world that is as good for your garden as home made compost.  The home made
>stuff is 100 times better than anything you can buy.
>