Publishers, activists, teachers and farmers who championed organic, ecological and sustainable farming against purely chemical and industrial methods, building research centers, magazines, movements and teaching programs. A person belongs here when the cited article describes them as a pioneer, advocate or activist for organic farming, sustainable agriculture or food sovereignty. The group covers founders of research institutes and farming magazines, authors of the early organic movement, scholars and activists of the global south, and teachers who trained farmers in ecological methods.
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J. I. Rodale (Wikipedia)
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Jerome Irving Rodale (; né Cohen; August 16, 1898, June 8, 1971) was a publisher, editor, and author who founded Rodale, Inc. in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, and The Rodale Institute, formerly the Soil Health Foundation.
Robert Rodale (Wikipedia)
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Robert David Rodale (Cohen) (March 27, 1930, September 20, 1990) was an American publisher who was president and chief executive officer of Rodale, Inc., a company founded in 1930 by his father J.
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Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author.
Booker T. Whatley (Wikipedia)
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Whatley (November 5, 1915, in Calhoun County, Alabama, September 3, 2005, in Montgomery, Alabama) was an agriculture professor at Tuskegee University, Alabama, and a pioneer of sustainable agriculture in the post-World War II era.
Hartmut Vogtmann (Wikipedia)
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Hartmut Vogtmann (born in 1942, in Essen, Germany) is honored as a pioneer in organic agriculture in Germany as well as other countries.
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