01832cmm a2200277 4500 214805310 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 101011s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781849776479 electronic bk. 1849776474 electronic bk. (OCoLC)669493454 N$T eng N$T EBLCP YDXCP E7B GZM OCLCQ MHW OCLCQ TxAuBib Reed, Matthew. Rebels for the soil [electronic resource] : the rise of the global organic food and farming movement / Matthew Reed. London : Earthscan, 2010. 1 online resource (vii, 168 p.) Includes bibliographical references and index. Social movements -- Saving the soil -- Poisonous elixirs -- Small, beautiful and reorganized, 1960s and 1970s -- The rise of organic food retailing, 1980s -- Fighting the future : against GM crops -- Peak organics? This book investigates the emergence of organic food and farming as a social movement. Using the tools of political sociology it analyses and explains how both people and ideas have shaped a movement that from its inception aimed to change global agriculture. Starting from the British Empire in the 1930s, where the first trans-national roots of organic farming took hold, through to the internet-mediated social protests against genetically modified crops at the end of the twentieth century, the author traces the rise to prominence of the movement. As well as providing a historical account, the. Organic farming Social aspects. Social movements. Agriculture. HEALTH & FITNESS Safety. Electronic books. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=339063 EBSCOhost