The Garden
Visionary Growers and Farmers of the Counterculture
by Matthew Ingram
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Pub Date 8 Apr 2025 | Archive Date Not set
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Description
The Garden explores the transformative journey of the 1970s countercultural farmers and growers whose radical practices redefined how we grow and eat today.
- Countercultural Roots: Chronicles how a generation influenced by psychedelics, Eastern philosophy, and reactions to Vietnam, the Oil Shocks, and DDT sparked a deep interest in sustainable farming.
- In-depth Exploration of Influences: Covers movements like the organic food revolution, Permaculture, back-to-the-land initiatives, radical ecology, and the impact of thinkers like Rudolph Steiner on 1970s communities.
- Impact on Today’s Agriculture: Through interviews with key figures, The Garden reveals how these visionary growers, often without farming backgrounds, pioneered alternative agriculture and influenced modern sustainable practices.
- A Legacy for the 2020s: Highlights the enduring impact of these farmers, providing inspiration for today’s efforts to reconnect with nature and rethink sustainable living.
Perfect for readers interested in organic farming, environmental history, or the cultural legacy of the 1970s, The Garden tells the untold story of how counterculture reimagined food and our relationship to the earth.
Advance Praise
"Matthew Ingram has preserved and enlarged a corner of history which few have visited or are even aware of." - Albert Bates
"Matthew Ingram has not only investigated a huge amount of material and talked to many people, he also has an ability to bring it all together in a way that makes sense and is fun to read." - Charles Dowding, No Dig
"With The Garden, Ingram recuperates an even more transgressive gesture: the counterculture's attempted rethinking of our first culture, agriculture." - Jay Stevens, author of Storming Heaven
"For those of us searching for sustainable solutions to complex and overlapping problems, this book provides forgotten information and lessons from the past for the dilemmas of the present and the future." - Ian Wilkinson
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781915672681 |
| PRICE | US$19.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 522 |
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Amanda P, Reviewer
The Garden is a dense but fascinating look at how countercultural farmers of the 1970s shaped modern organic farming, Permaculture, and radical ecology through their pioneering ideas and activism.
