Organic Manifesto
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Organic Manifesto by Maria Rodale
Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale's Organic Manifesto irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment. She traces the genesis of chemical farming and the rise of the immense companies that profit from it, bringing to light the government's role in allowing such practices to flourish. She further explains that modern organic farming would not only help reverse climate change by reducing harmful carbon emissions and soil depletion, but would also improve the quality of the food we eat, reduce diseases from asthma to cancer, and ensure a better quality of life in farming communities nationwide.For every parent wondering how best to safeguard the health and safety of her children; for every environmentalist in search of a solution to the worsening crisis that afflicts our land, air, and waters; for every shopper who questions whether it is worth it to pay more for organic, Maria Rodale offers straightforward answers and a single, definitive course of action- We must demand organic now.
“Organic Manifesto is a breakthrough. It is a clarion call revealing the power of organic farming to improve our health, our economy, our politics, and our planet.” —Harvey Karp, MD, FAAP
Maria Rodale is the CEO and Chairperson of Rodale Inc., the biggest independent book publisher in the United States and the world's top multimedia firm focused on health, wellness, and the environment. Rodale serves a global audience of 70 million people with brands including Prevention and Men's Health, as well as books like The South Beach Diet and Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth and a variety of digital domains. She is the founder editor of Rodale.com, the company's newest online initiative, which contains the latest news and information about healthy living on a healthy planet, as well as Maria's Farm Country Kitchen, her personal blog. Maria Rodale joined the family firm in 1987, initially working in circulation and direct marketing before becoming the director of Rodale's own direct marketing agency. She was named director of strategy in 1998, and she oversaw the firm's strategic assessment, planning processes, and management reforms that refocused the company on producing material on healthy, active lifestyles.
She was also the Editor-in-Chief of Organic Gardening and managed all of Rodale's gardening books as part of the company's Organic Life business, Rodale's first integrated brand division. She became a member of the Rodale board of directors in 1991 and was elected Chairman in 2007. She has received various honors, including the Rachel Carson Prize from the National Audubon Society in 2004 and the United Nations Population Fund's Award for Women's Health and Dignity in 2007. She was awarded one of Pennsylvania's Top 50 Women in Business in 2009.
She is also a member of Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project's board of directors, the Rodale Institute's co-chair, and the Lehigh Valley Health Network's board of directors. Maria is a mother, an activist, and a businessman who has made it her personal mission and business to promote the benefits of an organic lifestyle. She lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with her husband, three children, one dog, one cat, and six guinea fowl in an environmentally friendly home.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781609611361 |
| ISBN 10 | 1609611365 |
| Title | Organic Manifesto |
| Author | Maria Rodale |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rodale Incorporated |
| Year published | 2011-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Prizes | Winner of Nautilus Gold Award 2011 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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