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A Visit with J.I. Rodale
Portrait of J.I. Rodale, founder of organic gardening in the U.S.
15 minutes
Color
Grade Level: 7-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 1972
Copyright Date: 1972
Directed by Burton Fox
Produced by Rodale Press
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"... deftly conveys a vivid and incisive portrait of an interesting personality." Previews
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J.I. Rodale was responsible for the whole move towards natural foods and natural products in the United States. He was also the leading proponent of organic farming. For 20 years he was treated as a crank and a faddist by all except the loyal readers of his magazines, Prevention and Organic Gardening.
Then, in the late sixties, as the environmental crisis reached full public awareness, he found himself in the spotlight, the hero of the hour. All those warnings about the dangers of agricultural chemicals, food additives, and loss of topsoil were suddenly found to be valid, as were his recommendations for taking vitamin C, growing your own food using compost, and exercising on a regular basis.
Reviews:
"It is technically expert and deftly conveys a vivid and incisive portrait of an interesting personality." Previews
"It's an appealing 15-minute film, and J.I. comes across as a prodigious and inspired man, with a real theatrical flair to his proselytizing." New Age
"The film succeeds in portraying the sincerity of Rodale's convictions...for groups and individuals concerned with organic gardening and farming and health foods, and for public library and community organization programs." Booklist
Related Subjects:
Agriculture
American Studies
Biography
Food And Nutrition
Gardening
Related Titles:
Looking for Organic America
On American Soil: Nature and extent of soil erosion in America.
Organic Gardening: Composting
Compost: Composting without problems.
My Father's Garden: Explores sustainable agriculture and the contrast between chemical and organic farming.
Circle of Plenty: John Jeavons demonstrates biointensive agriculture as a way to alleviate world hunger.
The Close to Nature Garden: Masanobu Fukuoka's ("The One Straw Revolution") unique approach to agricultural problems.
Global Gardener: Permaculture helps people turn wastelands into food forests.
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