CHARLES WALTERS is the founder and executive editor of Acres U.S.A. He has penned thousands of articles on the technologies of organic and sustainable agriculture and is author of many books on the subject, including Weeds: Control Without Poisons, A Farmer’s Guide to the Bottom Line, Mainline Farming for Century 21, Fletcher SimsĘ Compost, and others. A leading proponent of raw material economics, he has served as president of NORM and has authored several books on economics, including his classic work Unforgiven: The American Economic System Sold for Debt and War.