Organic farming activists have promoted the idea that ancient peasant wisdom informed the basic principles or Albert Howard’s Indore method, and of organic farming generally. The myth of the peasant origins of organic farming has influenced environmental activists and historians alike and concealed the remarkable contributions of Albert Howard and his first and second wives, Gabrielle and Louise Howard. A few statements made by Howard himself, and by his second wife, Louise, inspired the myth of peasant origins of organic wisdom. But a closer look at the published and unpublished writings of the Howards show that the formulation of the Indore method, which lies at the heart of organic farming, is a strict scientific protocol with its roots in the scientific work of Albert Howard and his cohorts.

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全球有机农业运动中的农民神话

有机农业活动家提倡这样一种观点，即古老的农民智慧为基本原则或艾伯特霍华德的印多尔方法以及一般的有机农业提供了信息。有机农业起源于农民的神话影响了环保活动家和历史学家，并掩盖了阿尔伯特·霍华德和他的第一任和第二任妻子加布里埃尔和路易斯·霍华德的非凡贡献。霍华德本人和他的第二任妻子路易丝的一些声明激发了有机智慧起源于农民的神话。但仔细观察霍华德夫妇已发表和未发表的著作，就会发现印多尔方法的制定是有机农业的核心，是一项严格的科学协议，其根源在于阿尔伯特·霍华德及其同伙的科学工作。