Organic Manifesto by Maria Rodale

If you buy one book this year, this is it!

Rodale was founded on the belief that organic gardening is the key to better health both for us and for the planet, and never has this message been more urgent.  Now Maria Rodale, chairman of Rodale, sheds new light on the state of 21st century farming.  She examines the unholy alliances that have formed between the chemical companies that produce fertilizer and genetically altered seeds, the agricultural educational system that is virtually subsidized by those same companies, and the government agencies in thrall to powerful lobbyists, all of which perpetuate dangerous farming practices and deliberate misconceptions about organic farming and foods.