Overcoming the Robotic Mind

Julian Rose is one of the pioneers of UK organic farming, commencing the conversion of his farm in 1975. He joined the Soil Association board in 1984 and campaigned vigorously for the widespread introduction of organic farming methods at a time when this system was not known. Julian achieved notoriety when he brought a cow up to London (Hyde Park Festival of Farming) and demonstrated vociferously against a government attempt to ban unpasteurised milk. Julian went on to develop his farm as a mixed organic enterprise selling all its main produce locally, while refusing to sell to supermarkets. He developed a theory of local production and consumption which he named “The Proximity Principle.”

The authors integrity, honesty and sincerity shine out from each page and the ever-present guiding thought that There is no us and them. There is only us. is a powerful, uplifting and crucial assertion. Finding a way to enable everyone to understand and desire such a truth, occupies the entire book and draws on Julian Roses committed and tireless engagement with the forces that shape our world It is a call for action and we all have, floating around in our subconscious, the knowledge that harm is not done by those who are bad but by those who do nothing.-- Rosamund Young, an early pioneer of organic farming in the UK and the author of an internationally acclaimed book called The Secret Life of Cows.