Do not under estimate the benefits of healthy living, Jerome
Irving Rodale was frequently ill as a child and decided to improve his health
by taking self-improvement classes and began body building.
Rodale studied and put into practice the theories of Sir
Albert Howard. He combined Howard’s theories with observations of his own and
put these to use on his farm.
Rodale along with his wife Anna began a farm in Emmaus,
Pennsylvania. He gardened with the belief that plants and vegetables raised
with all natural manure and compost were healthier for you than those raised
with chemicals. Rodale developed the organic method of farming and published
the first issue of Organic Gardening and Farming. Rodale made sure to cover
topics that promote organic gardening.
He covered such topics as, problems with pesticides, the use of insects
and earthworms. Rodale became a powerful advocate for organic gardening, but
his interest in this method of gardening was mostly a health choice. You may recognize
his name from his many health publications such as prevention magazine. There
are many books published under Rodale publications now.
