It is certainly a shame that his work has been turned into a book factory - commercial operation that seeks publicity and spectacularism over the basics that J.I. tried to cultivate.<<<
You are so correct.
I have several of the original Rodale books and the one on the soil, has an article in it, from a midwest news paper, that says the reason we are seeing so much mental illness, is due to the foods being grown on depleted soils.
To me it made sense.
Yes, the original Rodale books were money in the bank, the stuff in the past 20 years, is yippy hype.
If I am recalling my facts and I can still see the new editor article, maybe 20 years ago, the same editor that had played a part in ruining Mother Earth, went to Organic Gardening and ruined it.
Off soap box.
>>>Yes, the original Rodale books were money in the bank, the stuff in the past 20 years, is yippy hype.
If I am recalling my facts and I can still see the new editor article, maybe 20 years ago, the same editor that had played a part in ruining Mother Earth, went to Organic Gardening and ruined it.<<<
I think you are right - J.I. Rodale died (I think I remember it was some sort of car accident that should have never happened) and they were totally unprepared to continue his work. I know they brought an outsider in and it could well have been who you remember.
I too remember reading the new editor article - It was a sad one - but don’t remember all the details.
Well, shows you that memories can be mistaken -
>>>J.I. Rodale died of a heart attack at the age of 72 while participating as a guest on The Dick Cavett Show. He was still on stage, having finished his interview, and was seated next to the active interviewee, New York Post columnist Pete Hamill. According to Cavett, Hamill noticed something was wrong with Rodale, leaned over to Cavett and said, “This looks bad.” According to others, Cavett asked, “Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?”<<<
It was his son Robert Rodale who died in the car crash in 1990. That was the one I was remembering about 20 years ago.