Masanobu Fukuoka
Masanobu Fukuoka
Masanobu Fukuokawas a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified lands. He was a proponent of no-till, no-herbicide grain cultivation farming methods traditional to many indigenous cultures, from which he created a particular method of farming, commonly referred to as "Natural Farming" or "Do-nothing Farming"...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth2 February 1913
CountryJapan
trying made delicious
If you do not try to make food delicious, you will find that nature has made it so.
irony shows humans
The irony is that science has served only to show how small human knowledge is.
dream heart people
My ultimate dream is to sow seeds in the desert. To revegetate the deserts is to sow seed in people's hearts.
heart desert saving
Gradually I came to realize that the process of saving the desert of the human heart and revegetating the actual desert is actually the same thing.
mistake thinking discovery
One of the most important discoveries I made in those early years was that to succeed at natural farming, you have to get rid of your expectations. Such "products" of the mind are often incorrect or unrealistic . . . and can lead you to think you've made a mistake if they're not met.
weed play community
Weeds play an important part in building soil fertility and in balancing the biological community . . .
humanity trying spirit
The increasing desolation of nature, the exhaustion of resources, the uneasiness and disintegration of the human spirit, all have been brought about by humanity's trying to accomplish something.
spiritual practice deep-understanding
Although natural farming - since it can teach people to cultivate a deep understanding of nature - may lead to spiritual insight, it's not strictly a spiritual practice.
animal earth fertility
Left alone, the earth maintains its own fertility, in accordance with the orderly cycle of plant and animal life.
moving believe age
I believe that even 'returning-to-nature' and anti pollution activities, no matter how commendable, are not moving toward a genuine solution if they are carried out solely in reaction to the over development of the present age.
decision balance definitions
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. They seldom do. Engineers cannot seem to get this through their heads. These countermeasures are all based on too narrow a definition of what is wrong. Human measures and countermeasures proceed from limited scientific truth and judgment. A true solution can never come about in this way.
ignorance greed hatred
Ignorance, hatred and greed are killing nature.
law needs pieces
Modern research divides nature into tiny pieces and conducts tests that conform neither with natural law nor with practical experience. The results are arranged for the convenience of research, not according to the needs of the farmer.
peace heart mean
The greening of the desert means sowing seeds in people's hearts and creating a green paradise of peace on earth.