The Living Soil Book

Lady Evelyn ‘Eve’ Barbara Balfour, O.B.E. was a British farmer, educator, organic farming pioneer, and a founding figure in the organic movement.
The Living Soil, first published in 1943, is considered a seminal classic in organic agriculture and the organic movement.

The book is based on the initial findings of the first three years of the Haughley Experiment, the first formal, side-by-side farm trial to compare organic and chemical-based farming, started in 1939 by Balfour (with Alice Debenham), on two adjoining farms in Haughley Green, Suffolk,

By: E.B. Balfour
Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1965
Pages: 258
Dimensions: ± 22 cm x 14 cm
Hardcover. Fair condition. Previous owner details on first page. Pages tanned.