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LaSalle T, Hepperly P. Regenerative Organic Farming a Solution to Global Warming. Kutztown Rodale Institut 13 p. 

It was the work and publications of people such as Howard, McCarrison and Steiner that influenced the next wave of organic pioneers. This second wave brought the organic movement into being, with the establishment of the early associations such as the Rodale Institute in the United States of America (USA), Soil and Health in New Zealand and the Soil Association in the United Kingdom (UK). The term organic was first used in relation to farming by North-bourne (1940) (see above). 

Rodale Institute Farming Systems Trial, north-east USA... 

Kupfer, D. 2004. Striving for Social Sustainability in Agriculture. Rodale Institute, Kutztown. worker/index.shtml>. Accessed 31/8/05. 

Germany Switzerland Netherlands United States of America Austria United Kingdom Sweden Institute for Biodynamic Agriculture Forschungsinstitut fur biologischen Landbau Louis Bolk Institute Rodale Institute Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Elm Farm Research Station Henry Doubleday Research Association Biodynamic Research Institute 1950 1974 1976 1976 (founded in 1947) 1980 1982 1984 1986... 

Rodale Institute—Kutztown, PA Farming Systems Trial 1981 Examine the transition process from conventional to organic farming (com and soybeans)... 

Research Manager, Rodale Institute, United States of America. 

Results from scientifically replicated research from six major state universities (California, Iowa State, Michigan State, South Dakota State, Nebraska and Wisconsin) as well as private research demonstration farms, such as the Rodale Institute and Michael Fields in Wisconsin, support this claim. Work on major crops — com, soybeans, wheat, and tomatoes — grown under experimental controls for conventional and organic farming practices over the last 10 to 15 years concludes ... 

Two of the best known surveys that monitor consumer attitudes, concerns, and behaviors on various nutrition and food safety issues are the Trends survey developed by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Prevention Index published by Rodale Press (1996). 

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