Natural Way of Farming

Thanks for providing this valuable book

A must-read for all the people who have farming in mind. And the book is the original copy. Not a fake or first copy.

We r forgetting the art of being natural. Here is how philosophy meets practicality

I believe it is one of those highly rated books and I find it a bit boring some times and the examples are less relevant in my country, India. However the core principles are great.

Very good book

Gr8 way to learn about farming...

Just apat

Great way to explain things which are now lost

I fully embrace and support this approach to our relation to the Green Growing Beings. It is total common sense. it is the ancient understandings coming back to rescue us from the horrors we have been led to believe were good ( like chemical farming or slash and burn agriculture..... or agriculture itself).I rejoiced reading how fertilizer, plowing, pruning, spraying etc is not only unnecessary but totally INSANE! It felt like my own internal wisdom being re-awakened . I suspect many will feel this way. I love the work this man did.... ; he's made it easy for us. He is pure sage when he says we need to stop DOING and allow UNDOING to return Nature to her "a priori" pristine state of equilibrium from which She will DO the work for us. This is how it always was in pre-history, when we lived in benevolent relation to all other life forms, and how it could always have been , had we not taken another path, more's the pity...The immense back- breaking and time-consuming arduous labor involved in most modern farming for humans and animals was never how it was supposed to be on Earth. It is a result of our allowing ourselves to be fooled and led down the wrong path. Ultimately this led to the crisis we're now in. But it is not too late to return to right relation , as Fukuoka did and describes in this book, how to do ( or un-do).If this is somewhat of a stretch for you, I recommend first reading 'One Straw REvolutionary" by Larry Korn for an introduction to Fukuoka's philosophy . It is a pleasure to read and fleshes out Fukuoka's ideas so you can more easily understand why this approach to growing is so invaluable and totally essential if we are to continue to live on Earth in a healthy and compassionate way ( for ALL)

Okay!!!! .

Masanobu Fukuoka expresses theoretical and practical means for switching from traditional to natural agriculture. Basically he writes that a farmer has to study how to furnish the minimum work for producing healthy legumes and fruits. No man but Nature intervenes in the process of production. This principle corresponds to a great change: a farmer is someone that first understands the functioning of “his” productive natural system and secondarily tries to slightly intervene, the less the better, letting the agricultural system be working in harmony with the predisposed natural forces.The fundamental idea is simple and is an answer to this question: since the origin, biodiversity is increasing on our planet. Nature knows how to do for continuously increasing Earth biodiversity. Thus, it is not true that in a crop field man has to share “bad” and “good” animals, because all animals collaborate for increasing the efficiency of the system, even pest microorganisms. It is better to share bad and good human thoughts. Example of very common bad thought: in a crop field there is food; if we want to have it, we must kill every other living organism that want to consume it. Example of good thought: nature generally increases biodiversity. A farmer has to understand how to go in the same direction and be able to use the natural forces for increasing his yield.Masanobu Fukuoka procedure required a lot of studies. Some are illustrated in the book. Essentially the general issue is based on well-organised crop successions and very simple operations focusing on soil restoration (quality and organic matter = soil energy). He is a retired agronomist (Japanese researcher leading the post second war plan of Agriculture restoration at regional scale) and in his personal farm obtains high yields (especially rice production) in healthy environment. Replacing "fight-for-life" with "co-evolution", Masanobu translates the Darwinian’s principles in agricultural practices. I strongly support this idea of co-evolution and will do my best for diffusing this beautiful, hopeful scientific concept among students, friends, soil and life lovers.

Brilliant, but really more pertinent to warmer, more southern climates. His theories about growing areinteresting but don't seem to apply to northern Europe.

Great book on ancient farming in Japan seeds balls no fertiliser etc 10/10