The Rodale Institute developed out of the efforts begun by J. I. Rodale to promote organic gardening and farming in the 1930s. The notion of recycling organic matter back into the soil to yield healthier and more productive crops was not widely...

Rodale Press (accented on second syllable), incorporated as Rodale Inc., is one of the world's largest publishers of health and fitness related books and magazines, including publications on organic gardening and, most recently, men's lifestyle. Its...