“The birthright of all living things is health. This law is true for soil, plant, animal and man: the health of these four is one connected chain. Any weakness of any earlier link in the chain is carried on to the next and succeeding link, until it reached the last, namely, man. The under nourishment of the soils is at the root of all. The failure to maintain a healthy agriculture has largely cancelled out all advantage we have gained from improvements in hygiene, in housing, and in medical discoveries. To retrace our steps is not really difficult once we set our minds to the problem. If we are willing to confirm to natural law, we shall rapidly reap the reward not only a flourishing agriculture, but in the immense asset of an abounding health in ourselves and in our children’s children.”
Sir Albert Howard, organic pioneer, 1945