%0 Conference Paper
%A Frost, David
%D 2002
%E Powell, Jane
%E et al., 
%F orgprints:8376
%I Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
%K Colloquium of Organic Researchers; COR;  history; religion; holism; organic growers, OGA
%P 113-114
%T Deconstructing the organic movement  
%U http://orgprints.org/8376/
%X This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Organic agriculture has sought to establish its scientific validity and its origins. Conford (2001) claims that these can be traced to the 1920s, and that Anglican Christianity is pivotal to its history. However, organic agriculture takes many forms and the role of religion in society has changed. In the UK, a new incarnation of organic farming occurred in the late twentieth century as part of a wider response to environmental issues.