Thursday, February 7, 2008

Questions from Organic History

Who is considered the founder of the Organic movement?

Who came up with and what is the Law of the Minimum?

Who came up with and what is the Law of Return?

What major areas did Howard write about?

How did Howard’s and Liebig’s ideas on nutrients differ?

Liebig focused attention on ______________ to the neglect of ______________ and

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Who was the first to use the word “organic” for this system of Agriculture?

What was his definition of organic?

What was the major argument of university experts as to why organic was a “myth” a “cult” and “Bunkum”?

What two conflicting cultural phenomenons in the 1960’s defined each side of the agricultural debate?

What events gave hope, then dashed it, to a 1980’s momentum for organic agriculture?

What event started the modern organic era in 1990?

When did USDA Organic become law, and what did it accomplish?

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