Nutrition, Health, Myths and All That

When studying Agricultural Science over 50 years ago I spent a year working on the farm of Friend Sykes one of the first organic farmers - he was in his 70's when I met him and was finishing his third book. He was an advisor to many estates in UK, South Africa, South America and Australia. He was one of the founders of the Soil Association with Lady Eve Balfour in UK. It was that experience that started my thinking about the importance of the source of foods although it was only about 30 years ago that I started take a real interest and begin to understand what he was really talking about.

After completing my studies in UK I drove through Africa for a year with a view to checking out the farming options in some of those countries. One of my assignments at that time was to record some short interviews for a BBC Rural Programme.

I continued on to Australia and spent my first two years on the land. I then joined a company where I was able to advise farmers and from there drifted into marketing and management but for many years I was still associated with the land.

In the 1990's I started a monthly news sheet for a business association. This sheet was focussed on health related products and encouraged me to further my reading.

A couple of years ago, with my leg in plaster for ten weeks, I decided to pen a summary of what I had gleaned. This book is that summary.