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The Natural Way of Farming: The Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 630
EAN: 9780870406133
Edition: Revised
ISBN: 0870406132
Label: Japan Pubns
Manufacturer: Japan Pubns
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 280
Publication Date: 1985-12
Publisher: Japan Pubns
Studio: Japan Pubns
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Rating: - Genius, pure genius
Every now and then there are gifted individuals who come along who see and understand with new eyes and have a thorough understanding of their subject, not only in its own right, but in the context of how that topic fits into the whole. Fukuoka is such an individual and his understanding and practice of farming is genius and he explains how using his methods will make your farm easy to run, outproduce typical American farming methods without the need for chemicals that have been destroying the soil ... Read More
Rating: - One more straw
Doing nothing, being nothing, becoming nothing is the goal of Fukuoka's farming method, an approach to agriculture which he has pursued for over forty years with resounding success. With no tillage, no fertilizer, no weeding and no pesticides he consistently produces rice, barley, fruit and vegetable crops that equal or exceed the yield per acre of neighboring farmers who embrace modern scientific agriculture. The basis of his philosophy is that nature grows plants just fine without our interference ... Read More
Rating: - It's all here
After reading the one straw revolution i really wanted to see how Fukuokas' system worked. I was not disapointed by this well layed out and functional guide to his methods. While his philosophy claims that no list of rules and time tables can acturatelly set out how natural farming should work, the publication of the hystory and methods of his experiment proves vital to the unhinging of common industrial theories on the subject.
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