Natural Way of Farming: The Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy

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)

One Straw Revolution is Fukuoka's farming philosophy thesis and The Natural Way of Farming explains how to put Fukokua's philosophy into practice by detailing each of his farming methods. It explains everything mentioned in One Straw Revolution such as which crops to use as green manure and Fukuoka's recipe for seed balls. While One Straw Revolution reads like a prose Tao Te Ching, The Natural Way of Farming reads like a university science textbook due to its in-depth descriptions of Fukuoka's personal farming research. This is the perfect book to use as a practical followup to One Straw Revolution especially if you are interested in transferring Fukuoka's practices to your garden.Fukokua has an extensive bibliography but only two of his works are currently published in the United States, One Straw Revolution and Sowing Seeds in the Desert. Therefore, The Natural Way of Farming is shipped from India where it is still being published in English. This book arrived in only four days with an expedited shipping charge of $6.99. It was in pristine condition even after being opened by customs.

Here Masanobu Fukuoka shows you, in detail, how to farm sustainably (meaning no inputs) including how to broadcast seed everything including vegetables and white clover cover, rice, and grain in a 10-year crop rotation cycle. We are in the midst of an agricultural revolution largely due to this man.

I realize that my title is a huge statement . . . but it is a true statement. EVERY human being should read ALL of Mr. Fukuoka's books . . . and then this world would not only be a better world, but a world where we FINALLY have realized our complete potential: living in harmony with nature, with each other, no environmental destruction, peace and love on earth, friendship, brotherhood, kindness, helping one another, planet preservation, human population control/harmony.Love.And isn't this mindset needed today more than ever?PLEASE buy and read ALL of Mr. Fukuoka's books! Thank you.

All of Masanobu’s theories and techniques behind his natural farming philosophy are laid out in this book. Anyone seeking to apply his methods should buy this book. It has so many “jewels” of wisdom it’s like a treasure chest.

I learned some useful information from this book. Where I live, you can't grow the same things the same way, but I am adapting what I learned to here. Very good book.

Definitely need an open mind to read and implement! Our neighbors think we are crazy but we want to preserve the land for future generations. After one season, the Amish cut the hay and thought it smelled sweet and was of a good quality. We will continue to work slowly but surely!

An awesome follow up (For me) from the One Straw Revolution. Trying to figure out the logistics of how and when, this book was the answer. Easy to read, easy to follow, easy to apply to your little bit of the world, good bye conventional farming.

Thanks for providing this valuable book

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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.

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.