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Who was Mira Behn and why did she want to import some of F. Newman Turner's Jersey cows to India?

Madeleine Slade (1892-1982)  was an enthusiast of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and in pursuit of this interest came across a biography of Mahatma Gandhi.  Inspired by his work, she wrote to ask i ........

What is Whole Food?

The term 'wholefood' is now universally understood to describe food that is consumed as near as possible to its natural state, with a minimum of processing and freedom from synthetic additives.  ........

Lawrence D. Hills and 'The Great Comfrey Race'

Lawrence d. Hills with his Russian Comfrey(Photo courtesy  Garden |Organic) Lawence D Hills (1911-1990) was a renowned horticulturalist and writer. He was a specialist in alpines who wrote for The ........

THE MAN WHO DEFIED CONVENTION

Frank Newman Turner, NDA, NDD, FNIMH, (11 September 1913-28 June 1964) was a British pioneering organic farmer, writer and broadcaster, who, based on his experience of natural treatment of animals, ........