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A look back at USDA's Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2009

Richard Harwood
Richard Harwood
Affiliation:
C.S. Mott Foundation Chair of Sustainable Agriculture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.
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The United States Department of Agriculture's Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming (1980) is destined to be a milestone in the evolution of agriculture's scientific paradigm. Such recognition, however, will come several years in the future and will require a key scientific breakthrough for full assessment of the “new world” its authors brought forward to the mainstream scientific community.

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Papers from the 10th Annual Conference of the Wallace Institute, “Alternative Agriculture Policy: A New Time to Choose,” Washington, D.C., March 1,1993
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American Journal of Alternative Agriculture , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 150 - 154
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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