Inspiration: Do Nothing

Published by Armand Frasco on Tagged Opinions

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Every once in a while I come across something that I might totally agree with:)

"while digging in the library once again i found another book i’ve
been searching for, "the one-straw revolution" by masanobu fukuoka. it
is one of these gems that sadly is out of print (though i did manage to
find a used copy for $30 on amazon), but his ideas seem to me crucial
and relevant to the world we are living in now. Mr. Fukuoka developed a
method (or should i say "non method") of "natural" farming. As the book
describes it "farming as simply as possible within and in cooperation
with the natural environment, rather than the modern approach of
applying increasingly complex techniques to remake nature entirely for
the benefit of human beings." At some point he began using the term "do
nothing".

"My way was opposite. I was aiming at a pleasant natural way of
farming which results in making the work easier instead of harder. "how
about not doing this? How about not doing that?" –that was my way of
thinking.".

His methods advocate no machines, no prepared fertilizer, no
plowing, no chemicals, non of the standard techniques employed in
today’s modern agricultural world. And his farm would yield as much
food as a modern farm of the same size, (but with much less effort).
Masanobu believed and demonstrated that the land would provide rather
easily if you did not upset the natural balance of things, effectively
working with nature instead of trying to tame it or control it. He asked, "what is the natural pattern?"

Keri Smith
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