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, later became a consulting medical herbalist and naturopath. His books Fertility Farming, Fertility Pastures, and Herdsmanship are regarded as classics of practical organic husbandry.

In Against the Grain, and drawing extensively on my father’s archive of writings, diaries, and publications, I have endeavoured to describe how he overcame the challenges of standing against a social torrent that was, and to some extent, still is rushing in the opposite direction. Now, eighty years later, the message of environmental conservation, sustainable food production, and peaceful resolution of conflict is even more critical. What can we learn from the efforts of Frank Newman Turner and his contemporaries?

Find out more in this book.

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