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This is free download The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka complete book soft copy. This begins to get closer to the root cause of the systemic illness: alienation from agriculture and, by implication, alienation from the natural world.

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I just can’t think of what kind of bag or other enclousure I could use – it would have to be made from a very fine mesh so that particles couldn’t escape from the bag and mess up my dryer. When a decision is made to cope with the symptoms of a problem, it is generally assumed that the corrective measures will solve the problem itself. He was a proponent of no-till, herbicide and pesticide free cultivation methods from which he created a particular method of agriculture, commonly referred to as "natural farming" or "do-nothing farming". But then thIndeed, Fukuoka claims that on travelling to Somalia, he was requested by authorities not to promote farmer self-sufficiency too much by providing them with seeds. I did have a big half of a calebash that I used to roll them in which worked well too and was more natural than the metal, but I’ve put it down somewhere and cant find it… This autumn I’ll be trying grains and green manure sown directly into the mown grass terraces I have, to see how that goes. Nonetheless, Fukuoka insists that the movement of organisms has already become globalised and there is no point in imposing limits on which plants to sow. Sometimes your clay will need to be pulverized and screened to remove rocks, stubborn clods and vegetative material.

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He referred to these methodologies and philosophical perspectives as “natural farming”, and wrote several inspiring and informative books on the matter. I think we should mix all the species together and scatter them worldwide, completely doing away with their uneven distribution.

Beyond this basic recipe you can add a number of other elements depending on the circumstances and desired outcome. Finely shredded paper, cardboard, and plant residues such as rice-hulls have also been incorporated into seedballs to help give them greater tensile strength to avoid breaking open. It is the knowledge of the astronomer who knows the names of the stars, the botanist who knows the classification of the leaves and flowers, the artist who knows the aesthetics of green and red. In this post, I would like to make some general reflections on whether the philosophy and methodology of natural farming (as defined by Fukuoka-sensei) can offer benefits to poor farmers in developing countries. My suggestion is to not try to plant large areas with just seeds from small packages, as it can be very expensive.

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Healing occurs in relations of love, care, and joy, which bring the organism back into its condition of integration with the natural world. Fukuoka-sensei in conversation with Gandhian activists Sunderlal Bahuguna and Vimala Bahuguna, at Fukuoka’s farm hut in Iyo. Mu 2: Midori no Tetsugaku ( 無２　緑の哲学), self-published; republished as Mu 2: Mu no Tetsugaku ( 無2　無の哲学) by Shunjūsha ( 春秋社), Tokyo, 1985. Our resources are crucial for knowledge lovers everywhere—so if you find all these bits and bytes useful, please pitch in.So, if I may debase his great ideas with my little summary, the idea of the book is that People Mess Up Nature. Part of Fukuoka’s attraction to India was the strong resonance between his ideas and those of Mahatma Gandhi. Fukuoka was the author of several books, scientific papers and other publications, and was featured in television documentaries and interviews from the 1970s onwards.

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However, the follow up feedback was that roaming goats had unfettered access to the seeded fields, and ate everything that ever germinated! I don’t consider it a science, but I have not had evidence to suggest it does not work well for all sorts of seeds. For many pages of Sowing Seeds in the Desert, however, Fukuoka elaborates on one of his less successful endeavours – the Chambal Gorge, a desertified region of Madhya Pradesh. They retained a strong belief in the theory and philosophy of natural farming, but their own experience of failure with ‘do-nothing’ techniques led them to believe that Fukuoka-sensei’s level of intuitive understanding of nature far surpassed their own and that it was not possible for them to be true natural farmers in practice.

run using some natural farming techniques: no chemicals, no tillage of the land and no use of composting.