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Iain Tolhurst , Back to Earth: UK Organic Horticulture Through the Lifetime of a Grower . Whitchurch-on-Thames , Tolhurst Organic Partnership , 2016. 278 pp. £24.99. 9789975871075 hbk.
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During the 1970s, the UK organic movement was revitalised by a generation of young radicals. Influenced by Rachel Carson, Fritz Schumacher and John Seymour, and by the 1973-4 fuel crisis, they sought an ecologically viable alternative to large-scale farming and market-gardening. Their commitment generally exceeded their practical knowledge, and they endured considerable hardship for the sake of their principles. Many fell by the wayside, but the survivors are now the respected elders of a movement whose high profile is the result of their work over more than forty years.
Iain Tolhurst - Tolly, as he is generally known - is one of the...