Master Farmer

In this book, Bruce Lansdale, director of the American Farm School in Thessaloniki, Greece—a hands-on educational institution for Greek villagers—provides an eloquent analysis of the training of so-called master farmers, who combine practical and theoretical knowledge of agriculture.

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The story of postwar Greece holds invaluable lessons for many developing countries today. In 1947 Greece had just emerged from a decade of war and strife; its villagers were demoralized and fleeing rural life for the cities; and its farms were unable to produce adequate crops to feed its people. In less than forty years Greece has become a major ex