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Eve Balfour and the Rise of the Organic Movement

09/20/2026 12:00:00 AM

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Eve Balfour was a British farmer, educator and organic farming pioneer, and one of the first women to study agriculture at an English university. She earned her degree from the institution now known as the University of Reading. In 1939 she launched the Haughley Experiment, and in 1946 she co-founded the Soil Association, work that made her a founding figure of the organic farming movement. She lived from 1898 to 1990.

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