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

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Kami to Shizen to Hito no Kakumei": Wara Ippon no Kakumei – Sōkatsuhen ( 「神と自然と人の革命」わら一本の革命・総括編), self-published. ISBN 978-4-938743-01-7.

One-straw revolution – an introduction to natural farming One-straw revolution – an introduction to natural farming

The farm is now [ when?] run using some natural farming techniques: no chemicals, no tillage of the land and no use of composting. Other techniques have been changed; the pattern of irrigation is more conventional to reduce conflicts with neighbours. A do-nothing philosophy has been followed on the hilltop surrounding Fukuoka's hut. Here it has become a natural, fruit-bearing forest with minimal intervention. [44] Selected works [ edit ] Articles [ edit ] Save, B. (2008). The Great Agricultural Challenge (transcribed by Bharat Mansata). Kolkata: Earthcare Books. in Japanese) Spiritual Era ~ Religion・Life ( こころの時代～宗教・人生) [ permanent dead link] May 2006 NHK television interview between Fukuoka Masanobu and Kanamitsu Toshio ( 金光寿郎) on the topic: Journey around the world with Clay seed balls

Fukuoka and many others recommend the use of red volcanic iron-rich clays for seedballs, claiming that white and grey clays do not form the same kind of polymer as the red clays and tend to make more brittle seed balls. However, if white and gray clay is what you have on hand, I would recommend experimenting with it. Native clays are liable to be a more economical and wholesome resource than imported ones. 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. The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka – eBook Details

Natural Farming, and the Developing World Fukuoka, Natural Farming, and the Developing World

Linking ecologists and traditional farmers in the search for sustainable agriculture | FAO". www.fao.org . Retrieved 2021-11-14. Seedballs can also be used to “over seed” existing ecosystems, without damaging the soil structure — or to seed productive plants into forested areas and steep hillsides where tillage is not possible. Seedballs can also be used in combination with animals such as pigs who will do the work of shuffling the mulch around providing seedballs extra cover. Resilience is a program of Post Carbon Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the world transition away from fossil fuels and build sustainable, resilient communities.Foods that have departed far from their wild state and those raised chemically or in a completely contrived environment unbalance the body chemistry. In March 1997, the Earth Summit+5 forum in Rio de Janeiro presented him with the Earth Council Award, received in person at a ceremony in Tokyo on 26 May of that year, [26] honouring him for his contributions to sustainable development. [23] In short, Fukuoka sees the colonial intervention, the imposition of modernity, and our alienation from nature as the source of the ‘disease’. The ‘cure’ can only be to rebuild the rural self-sufficiency that colonialism pulled away. This implies revegetation of lands damaged by decades and centuries of intensive cultivation, re-building agri-biodiversity and a re-establishing a healthy relationship with the earth. This is the pathway towards healing the world and healing ourselves. The mixture is moistened and formed into compact lumps or balls, allowed to dry, and then cast out into fields at the appropriate time of year, depending on the seed mixture, climate and rainfall patterns. Sustainable Agriculture: Definition and Terms. Special Reference Briefs Series no. SRB 99-02, September 1999. Compiled by: Mary V. Gold, Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, US Department of Agriculture

One-straw Revolution: Introduction to Natural Farming

In 1940, Fukuoka married his wife Ayako, and they had five children together. After World War II, his father lost most of the family lands in postwar land reform and was left with three-eighths of an acre of rice land and the hillside citrus orchards his son had taken over before the war. Despite these circumstances, in 1947 he took up natural farming again with success, using no-till farming methods to raise rice and barley. He wrote his first book, Mu 1: The God Revolution, or Mu 1: Kami no Kakumei ( 無〈1〉神の革命) in Japanese, during the same year, and worked to spread word of the benefits of his methods and philosophy. His later book, The One-Straw Revolution, was published in 1975 and translated into English in 1978.The One-Straw Revolution has been translated into over 20 languages and sold more than one million copies [3] and Fukuoka has been widely influential, inspiring an international movement of individuals discovering and applying his principles to varying degrees, [3] such as Akinori Kimura, [29] David Mas Masumoto [30] and Yoshikazu Kawaguchi, [31] and has significantly influenced alternative movements in the West, such as permaculture. [32] [33]