Guy Wrench: 2 books

“Why not research health, as well as disease?” The Hunza of northern Pakistan were famous for their extraordinary vitality and health. Dr Wrench argues that in part at least,this is because their food was not made ‘sophisticated’, by the artificial processes typically applied to modern processed...

This important but neglected book shows the reader how farming practices, and the care - or lack of care - with which the soil is treated have brought about both the rise and fall of civilizations, from the ancient Romans, to the Chinese, and the Muslim world. Soil is at the heart of civilization....