Natural Way of Farming

Very good book

Gr8 way to learn about farming...

I believe it is one of those highly rated books and I find it a bit boring some times and the examples are less relevant in my country, India. However the core principles are great.

A must-read for all the people who have farming in mind. And the book is the original copy. Not a fake or first copy.

Thanks for providing this valuable book

Great way to explain things which are now lost

We r forgetting the art of being natural. Here is how philosophy meets practicality

I found the book invaluable.

Brilliant, but really more pertinent to warmer, more southern climates. His theories about growing are interesting but don't seem to apply to northern Europe.

Okay!!!! .

Heb het boek nog niet uit (ander van hem, wel) maar de schrijver lijkt me een genie. Heeft een grote liefde voor moeder natuur en inzicht in haar. Voor iedereen die theoretisch onderlegd wil zijn en praktisch biologisch wil telen maar je moet wel alles kunnen aanpassen aan je eigen omstandigheden!

Masanobu Fukuoka expresses theoretical and practical means for switching from traditional to natural agriculture. Basically he writes that a farmer has to study how to furnish the minimum work for producing healthy legumes and fruits. No man but Nature intervenes in the process of production. This principle corresponds to a great change: a farmer is someone that first understands the functioning of “his” productive natural system and secondarily tries to slightly intervene, the less the better, letting the agricultural system be working in harmony with the predisposed natural forces. The fundamental idea is simple and is an answer to this question: since the origin, biodiversity is increasing on our planet. Nature knows how to do for continuously increasing Earth biodiversity. Thus, it is not true that in a crop field man has to share “bad” and “good” animals, because all animals collaborate for increasing the efficiency of the system, even pest microorganisms. It is better to share bad and good human thoughts. Example of very common bad thought: in a crop field there is food; if we want to have it, we must kill every other living organism that want to consume it. Example of good thought: nature generally increases biodiversity. A farmer has to understand how to go in the same direction and be able to use the natural forces for increasing his yield. Masanobu Fukuoka procedure required a lot of studies. Some are illustrated in the book. Essentially the general issue is based on well-organised crop successions and very simple operations focusing on soil restoration (quality and organic matter = soil energy). He is a retired agronomist (Japanese researcher leading the post second war plan of Agriculture restoration at regional scale) and in his personal farm obtains high yields (especially rice production) in healthy environment. Replacing "fight-for-life" with "co-evolution", Masanobu translates the Darwinian’s principles in agricultural practices. I strongly support this idea of co-evolution and will do my best for diffusing this beautiful, hopeful scientific concept among students, friends, soil and life lovers.

Un bellissimo libro completo, ci sono anche le illustrazioni per capire meglio l’agricoltura naturale di fukoka. Consigliato! (Speriamo anche in una traduzione in italiano)