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Author Case, Andrew N., author

Title The organic profit : Rodale and the making of marketplace environmentalism / Andrew N. Case
Edition 1st edition
Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Contents Foreword / by Paul S. Sutter -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : back to the garden, through the market -- Pay dirt : making a method and a market -- Adventures in self-diagnosis: science and experience in the prevention marketplace -- Our poisoned earth and sky : organic citizens and consumers -- Organic living : marketplace environmentalism in organic America -- A whole new you : making the marketplace mainstream -- Conclusion : a consuming vision -- Notes -- Selected bibliography
Summary From green-lifestyle mavens who endorse products on social media to natural health activists sponsored by organic food companies, the marketplace for advice about how to live life naturally is better stocked than ever. Where did the curious idea of buying one's way to sustainability come from? In no small part, as Andrew Case shows, the answer lies in the story of entrepreneur and reformer J.I. Rodale, his son Robert Rodale, and their company, the Rodale Press. These pioneers of organic gardening were also pioneers in cultivating a niche for natural health products in the 1950s, organizing the emerging marketplace for organic foods in the 1960s, and publishing an endless supply of advice books on diet and health in the process. Rodale's marketplace environmentalism brought environmentally minded consumers together and taught Americans how to grow food, eat, and live in more environmentally friendly ways. Yet the marketplace has proved more effective at addressing individual health concerns than creating public health interventions. It is as liable to champion untested and ineffectual health supplements as it is to challenge the indiscriminant use of dangerous pesticides. For anyone trying to make sense of the complex tensions between business profits and the desire for environmental reform, The Organic Profit is essential reading
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Rodale, J. I. (Jerome Irving), 1898-1971.
SUBJECT Rodale, J. I., 1898-1971 -- Rodale, J. I. 1898-1971
Rodale, J. I. (Jerome Irving), 1898-1971 fast
Subject Rodale (Firm) -- History
SUBJECT Rodale (Firm) fast
Subject Organic gardening -- United States -- History
Physical fitness -- United States -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Marketing -- Direct.
Organic gardening
Physical fitness
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017051724
ISBN 9780295743028
0295743026