| ISBN |
9781590173138 (paperback) |
| Name |
Fukuoka, Masanobu author. |
| Uniform title |
Shizen nōhō wara ippon no kakumei. English |
| Title |
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. |
| Published |
New York : New York Review Books, 2009. |
| ©2009 |
| Description |
xxx, 184 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Notes |
Originally published: Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press, 1978. |
| Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Japanese. |
| Subjects |
Organic farming |
| Organic farming -- Japan |
| Other Names |
Korn, Larry editor, translator. |
| Pearce, Chris translator. |
| Kurosawa, Tsune translator. |
| Lappé, Frances Moore writer of introduction. |
| Berry, Wendell, 1934- writer of preface. |
| Series |
New York Review Books classics |
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