Farming
Fukuoka once wrote:
I do not particularly like the word “work”. Human beings are the only animals who have to work. Other animals make their livings by living, but people work like crazy, thinking that they have to in order to stay alive. The bigger the job, the greater the challenge, the more wonderful they think it is. It would be good to give up... See more
Daydreams for Masanobu Fukuoka - Dark Mountain
Somewhere between over-engineering and abandonment, Fukuoka found the sweet spot by patiently listening and observing.
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Many people have tried natural farming so far, but it is very difficult to make a living while pursuing the ideal, and many people are frustrated in the middle of the road. In a capitalistic society that emphasizes the "look, taste, and uniformity" of agricultural products, the space for agricultural products produced by natural farming are... See more
Just a moment...
Masanobu Fukuoka
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The first thing he did when he returned to the land he grew up in was to stop pruning the citrus trees. The next year most of the trees died. But instead of seeing this as a failure, he realised he had learned something important. If trees or plants have been controlled by people, you cannot then just abandon them and expect them to thrive. It... See more
Daydreams for Masanobu Fukuoka - Dark Mountain
can get some idea of the untapped potential of agriculture by reading F. H. King’s fascinating 1911 book, Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan, which explains how these regions sustained enormous populations for millennia on tiny amounts of land, without mechanization, pesticides, or chemical fertilizers.
... See moreCharles Eisenstein • Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
Prepare the mind for work in the fields.
Sense the fragrance of the changing season.
Determine the right timing to approach.
Feel the distance between yourself, and the plants and animals.
Sense the fragrance of the changing season.
Determine the right timing to approach.
Feel the distance between yourself, and the plants and animals.
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if we were to grow food by working with nature, including returning all organic matter (such as straw from grains) back to the soil,