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Rudolf Steiner’s fundamental principles of biodynamic farming and gardening take form. Biodynamic farming is the branch of biology dealing with energy or the activity of living organisms.
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Without soil cultivation such as plowing or tilling, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, weeding, pruning, machinery or compost, Masanobu Fukuoka was able to produce high-quality fruit, vegetables and grains with yields equal to or greater than those of any neighboring farm.
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The USDA Yearbook of Agriculture is entitled Soils and Men, an excellent manual on organic farming that is still used by organic farmers today.
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Lady Eve Balfour cinducts her Haughley Experiment where she compares organic farming and chemical farming on two adjoining farms.
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Lord Northbourne publishes "Look to the Land", which describes farms as organisms, advocates an ecologically balanced approach to farming, and uses the word “organic” to describe a sustainable agricultural system.
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Sir Albert Howard publishes what will later become a classic text on soil fertility, "An Agricultural Testament". Because of this, he soon becomes the founder of the organic farming movement.
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The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), is formed and is the oldest and largest state organic organization in the country.
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Rodale Press’s Organic Farming and Gardening Magazine initiates an organic certification program in California. This program ultimately inspires the formation of the California Certified Organic Farmers.
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Founded by Senator Gaylor Nelson, millions of Americans take part in creating and maintaining a healthy, sustainable environment. This showed a new appreciation for the earth and its land.
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California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) is formed by six organic farmers
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Warren Weber founds Star Route Farms in Bolinas, California, now the oldest continuously certified organic grower in California.
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Watsonville apple farmer Jim Rider converts all of his orchards to organic production in the wake of the public outcry over the contamination of apples with the carcinogenic pesticide Alar.
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This act sets out to establish national standards governing the marketing of organically produced products, assure consumers that organically produced products meet a consistent standard, and facilitate interstate commerce in both fresh and processed organic foods.
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The California Organic Foods Act (COFA) is established. COFA establishes standards for organic food production and sales in California, and later becomes one of the models for the National Organic Program’s federal organic standards.
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