Eve Balfour
Lady Evelyn Barbara "Eve" Balfour (born July 16, 1898 in Dublin , † January 14, 1990 in Dunbar ) was an agricultural scientist and farmer and one of the key figures in the development of organic farming in the Commonwealth of Nations .
Life
Lady Eve Balfour, a niece of the British politician Arthur Balfour , ran a farm in Suffolk, England, after studying agricultural science from 1919 . From the late 1930s she made her farm available to Albert Howard and Robert McCarrison as a trial farm to develop their ideas about organic fertilization and soil life. In 1943 she published her book The Living Soil , which had a great influence on the further development of organic farming in English-speaking countries. She co-founded the Soil Association , which is still the governing body for organic farming in Great Britain .
plant
- Eve Balfour: The Living Soil . Soil Association Ltd, 2006 reissue, ISBN 1-904665-08-X
literature
- Philip Conford: The Origins of the Organic Movement. Edinburgh 2001, ISBN 0-86315-336-4
Web links
- Lady Eve Balfour at ladyevebalfour.org (with picture)
- Eve Balfour at organic.com.au (with picture)
- Lady Eve Balfour at bbc.co.uk
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Balfour, Eve |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Balfour, Evelyn Barbara (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British agronomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1990 |
| Place of death | Dunbar |