An Agricultural Testament, is Sir Albert Howard's best-known publication, and remains one of the seminal works in the history of organic farming

Organic farming

Organic farming is the form of agriculture that relies on techniques such as crop rotation, green manure, compost and biological pest control to maintain soil productivity and control pests on a farm...

 agricultural

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 movement

Cultural movement

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. It focuses on the nature and management of soil fertility, and notably explores composting. At a time when modern, chemical-based industrialized agriculture was just beginning to radically alter food production, it advocated natural processes rather than man-made inputs as the superior approach to farming. It was first published

Publishing

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 in England in 1940, with the first American edition in 1943. Apart from a reprint by Rodale Press in 1972 and 1976 it remains out of print

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External links

• An Agricultural Testament - full text online