Albert Howard Quotes

Sir Albert Howard was an English botanist, and the first westerner to document and publish the Vedic Indian techniques of sustainable agriculture, now better known as organic farming. After spending considerable time learning from Indian peasants and the pests present in their soil, he called these two his professors. ...more

Birth: December 08, 1873 - Death: October 20, 1947

Artificial manures lead inevitably to artificial nutrition, artificial food, artificial animals and finally to artificial men and women.

Fertility of the soil is the future of civilization.

Topic(s): Garden , Civilization , Soil

The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible.

Topic(s): Men , Animal , Plant

The main characteristic of Nature’s farming can therefore be summed up in a few words. Mother earth never attempts to farm without live stock; she always raises mixed crops; great pains are taken to preserve the soil and to prevent erosion; the mixed vegetable and animal wastes are converted into humus; there is no waste; the processes of growth and the processes of decay balance one another; ample provision is made to maintain large reserves of fertility; the greatest care is taken to store the rainfall; both plants and animals are left to protect themselves against disease.

Topic(s): Made , Care , Earth

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Albert Howard Quotes