The One-Straw Revolution (New York Review Books Classics)

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in Japanese) 自然農法-緑の哲学の理論と実践 1985 translation -updated 1987 The Natural Way Of Farming-The Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy -pages 132 and 190-216 - page 132 "There is a fundamental difference between nature and the doctrine of laissez-faire or non-intervention. He suggests that most of the world’s farmers see skyscrapers as ‘tombstones of the human race’ (Fukuoka, 2012: 56). Agriculture must change from large mechanical operations to small farms attached only to life itself.

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If you want to establish vegetation on flat farm country, I recommend using a chiselplow with a seeder, or a seed drill.If you have collected from native sources, you can also take a small amount of soil from the rhizosphere of the parent plants. Mu 2: Midori no Tetsugaku ( 無２　緑の哲学), self-published; republished as Mu 2: Mu no Tetsugaku ( 無2　無の哲学) by Shunjūsha ( 春秋社), Tokyo, 1985. Save points out that although his mature orchards can be said to be “natural” and the goal is always to establish a system that needs minimal human intervention, young plants still need to be cared for by the farmer in the early stages, just as a child needs care from a mother (Save, 2008: 27-28) . In the same way, when mandarin oranges grow wrinkled, when fruit shrivels, when vegetables wilt, they are in the state that will preserve their food value for the longest possible time. Masanobu Fukuoka(1913-2008) was a farmer and philosopher who was born and raised on the Japanese island of Shikoku.

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His descriptions of his methods are interwoven with his overall life philosophy, which seemed to echo Taoist and Buddhism themes more than anything else.During his first journey overseas, Fukuoka was accompanied by his wife Ayako, met macrobiotic diet leaders Michio Kushi and Herman Aihara, [14] and was guided by his leading supporter and translation editor Larry Korn.

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In this region, he claimed, deforestation, over-grazing and erosion had severed the vital connections between water, soil, plants and micro-organisms, which, in nature make up a single, living unit.Really, to capture this guy's wit and humility and flashing intelligence, you really need to read the book. Though most of the plants would not survive the desert conditions, even those that died might remain in the soil as mulch, nourishing other plants and cooling the soil. Pest deterring compounds such as those found in the capsicum genus are effective in deterring insects from breaking open the balls and eating the seeds. Fukuoka estimated these to be 10% while others, such as Yoshikazu Kawaguchi, have found attempting to strictly follow Fukuoka's techniques led to crop failures and require many years of adaption to make the principles work.