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
growing farming crops
Farming is not just for growing crops, it is for the cultivation...o f human beings!
real done path
The real path to natural farming requires that a person know what unaltered nature is, so that he or she can instinctively understand what needs to be done - and what must not be done - to work in harmony with its processes.
research philosopher should
Before researchers become researches they should become philosophers.
essence goal perfection
When it is understood that one loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them, the essence of natural farming will be realized. The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.
movement way
We have come to the point at which there is no other way than to bring about a 'movement' not to bring anything about
mother attitude prayer
We receive our nourishment from the Mother Earth. So we should put our hands together in an attitude of prayer and say "please" and "thank you" when dealing with nature.
trying doe accomplish
There is no one so great as the one who does not try to accomplish anything
doe process farmers
A farmer does not grow something in the sense that he or she creates it. That human is only a small part of the whole process by which nature expresses its being.
fall fields week
As far as my planting program goes, I simply broadcast rye and barley seed on separate fields in the fall . . . while the rice in those areas is still standing. A few weeks after that I harvest the rice, and then spread its straw back over the fields as mulch.
world killing wells
As we kill nature, we are killing ourselves, and God incarnate as the world as well.
simple farms universe
The simple hearth of the small farm is the true center of our universe.
song writing agriculture
There is no time in modern agriculture for a farmer to write a poem or compose a song
children block philosophy
The person who can most easily take up natural agriculture is the one who doesn't have any of the common adult obstructing blocks of desire, philosophy, or religion . . . the person who has the mind and heart of a child. One must simply know nature . . . real nature, not the one we think we know!
healing land spirit
The healing of the land and the purification of the human spirit is the same process.