The One-Straw Revolution : An Introduction to Natural Farming (Paperback)

from hrick

Not just a book about organic farming, this is also a book about living in harmony with the way things actually are. For example, the author says that if you prune a fruit tree one time, it will begin to grow in an unnatural way and you will have to keep pruning it forever; even natural fertilize...

from hrick

Not just a book about organic farming, this is also a book about living in harmony with the way things actually are. For example, the author says that if you prune a fruit tree one time, it will begin to grow in an unnatural way and you will have to keep pruning it forever; even natural fertilize...

from willszal

I've been hearing about this book for the past ten years, and finally got around to giving it a read through. It was well worth it! It's on par with Schumacher's "Small is Beautiful"—both in its elegance and significance. Fukuoka was a scientist for the first part of his life, and a simple farme...

from ErkkiP

Fukuoka's classic book about natural farming and "do-nothing" farming makes great reading and gives interesting perspectives to the development of the modern food system. A key book for anyone interested in food, organics, permaculture etc.

from Colby_Glass

Fukuoka is a wise and philosophical Japanese farmer. He tells how to raise food without all the effort, and yet still get the same or better results. No weeding, no plowing. His method improves the soil every year. And he does all this on the side of a mountain. An incredible read.