This work powerfully asserts the idea that rather than using pesticides, the key to helping crops resist attacks from pests is to improve their strength through natural processes. Many of industrial agriculture's fundamental principles for fighting disease, in particular the reliance on pesticides and fertilizers, are explained and convincingly challenged and a new set of guiding principles for an ecological agricultural system are presented as a genuine alternative to the widespread use of chemicals.
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Clears up a lot of misunderstandingsJuly 15, 2007 Jana D. Bogs(Fort Collins, Colorado) Good book for understanding how agriculture really works. You can get the gist of it in a few overview pages or delve deeply.