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  • An Introduction to Natural Farming
  • By: Masanobu Fukuoka, Larry Korn
  • Narrated by: David Shih
  • Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (102 ratings)
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By: Masanobu Fukuoka, Larry Korn
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Summary

Call it "Zen and the Art of Farming" or a "Little Green Book", Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book "is valuable to us because it is at once practical and philosophical. It is an inspiring, necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture."

Trained as a scientist, Fukuoka rejected both modern agribusiness and centuries of agricultural practice, deciding instead that the best forms of cultivation mirror nature's own laws. Over the next three decades, he perfected his so-called "do-nothing" technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and, perhaps, most significantly, wasteful effort.

Whether you're a guerrilla gardener or a kitchen gardener, dedicated to slow food or simply looking to live a healthier life, you will find something here - you may even be moved to start a revolution of your own.

©1978 Masanobu Fukuoka; "To My Readers" copyright 1986 by Masanobu Fukuoka (P)2017 Tantor

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Such a beautiful person; Simplicity embodied...

I'm just starting my gardening journey and am pleased to have remembered this book and finally listening to it I realize I don't need to know anything but to feel and inhabit the land which I have to work on.
a bale of straw goes a long way! let's hope to see you in the garden. x

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astonishing

every farmer, politician every human being needs to read this because this will save our world

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A must...

loved it, its not only an insight into natural cultivation but a spiritual discovery of the self.

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Interesting view of agriculture

This audiobook gives me mixed feelings about the future of diet and agriculture but it opens my mind to questioning what I didn’t before which is worth it’s weight in gold! Better to be a student of life over thinking you know it all!

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Remarkable foresight a book about more than farming

Masanobu was a man of strong beliefs but undeniable evidence behind it. He gives his view on the issues with the Japanese economy, the changes in farming and consumerism. Then an existential side to him is also present, whilst some of his views have clear bias, he was clearly well educated and had genuine wisdom with worldly experience. To see the world like that in 1978... it could have been beneficial to be essential reading for many in the intervening years!

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Essential reading for everyone.

Masanobu Fukuoka's "The One-Straw Revolution" poignantly illustrates why our food production chain is unsustainable and harmful both to us and the environment. How sad, however, to realise that the book was first published in 1975 and everything the author talks about has only gotten much, much worse. Even almost 50 years after the book's publication, we have yet to learn all the lessons Masanobu Fukuoka was trying to teach us.

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Orgánicos

Es una lectura esencial para todos los agricultores orgánicos y de Permacultura, al mismo tiempo también da nociones para comprender la actual situación climática

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must have philosophy on farming

must have book talking of farming and philosophy. Ask not what you can do to get results, but what can you not do?

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A must read!

Whether you are into farming or not this book is a must read (or listen). Fukuoka lays the groundwork for what we need to do to have meaningful lives that are in line with nature. He questions the need for science not just in agriculture but in other aspects of our lives as well while he himself is a scientist. I am in awe of his method of “natural farming”. Even though this book was written in 1980s the things Fukuoka says about industrial farming and “organic” agriculture are still valid today which shows that in all those years nothing have changed in the world.

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Peaceful

Great reminder of how important it is to observe nature and learn from its ecological cycles instead of isolating knowledge for modern solutions. Some spirituality, but overall interesting insights, not just farming but view of life.

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