Lara: Aside from being my father, Lutz was a visionary. This December marks the centenary of his birth in 1926, and there is still so much he can teach us. His own words perhaps say it best. Here are some passages from articles he wrote and speeches he gave over the years:

Lutz: “I became an environmentalist out of despair. As a student in agronomy I often spent my vacations surveying paddy-rice fields. Farming was still what we today would call organic farming. But nobody used this term. Some twenty years later, after having lived and worked in other countries for ...

 

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