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The one-straw revolution : an introduction to natural farming

Fukuoka, Masanobu2009

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Call it Zen and the Art of Farming or a Little Green Book, Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book 'is valuable to us because it is at once practical and philosophical. It is an inspiring, necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture'. Trained as a scientist, Fukuoka rejected both modern agribusiness and centuries of agricultural practice, deciding instead that the best forms of cultivation mirror nature's own laws. Over the next three decades he perfected his so-called do-nothing technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort.

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The one-straw revolution : an introduction to natural farming / Masanobu Fukuoka ; edited by Larry Korn ; preface by Wendell Berry ; introduction by Frances Moore Lappé ; translated from the Japanese by Larry Korn, Chris Pearce, and Tsune Kurosawa.

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Fukuoka, Masanobu, authorKorn, Larry, editor, translatorPearce, Chris, translatorKurosawa, Tsune, translatorLappé, Frances Moore, writer of introductionBerry, Wendell, 1934-, writer of preface

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The one-straw revolution : an introduction to natural farming

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xxx, 184 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm .

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New York Review Books classics

Notes:

Originally published: Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press, 1978.Includes bibliographical references.Translated from the Japanese.

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