English
agriculturalist and pioneer of modern organic farming.
- She established
the Haughley Experiment, a farm research project at New Bells Farm
near Haughley, Suffolk, to demonstrate that a more sustainable agricultural
alternative existed.
- The experiment
ran for almost 30 years, comparing organic and chemical farming systems.
- The wide-ranging
support it attracted led to the formation of the Soil Association
1946.
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