Maria Rodale: Family Lore And Organic Farming Trials
About this episode
Maria Rodale discusses her family's influence on organic farming and the trials conducted to compare organic and conventional methods.
#265: Maria Rodale comes from one of the most influential families in American organic history; here she shares how her grandfather J.I. Rodale connected human health to the way food is grown and helped popularize organic through publishing. She also traces the practical takeaways behind (her dad Bob) Rodale's organic farming trials, launched in 1980, to test organic side by side with conventional systems as rigorously as possible. She explains why the work began as a “transition study,” what...
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