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Podcast: Real Organic Podcast
Episode: Maria Rodale: Family Lore And Organic Farming Trials
Description: #265: Maria Rodale comes from one of the most influential families in American organic history; here she shares how her grandfather J.I. Rodale connected human health to the way food is grown and helped popularize organic through publishing. She also traces the practical takeaways behind (her dad Bob) Rodale's organic farming trials, launched in 1980, to test organic side by side with conventional systems as rigorously as possible. She explains why the work began as a “transition study,” what was learned about the timeline for soil recovery, and how those observations continue to shape thinking about organic growing practices.ht...