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'Do Nothing' Farming
Natural farming, popularly known as “do nothing” farming, is an environmentally sustainable way of growing food, founded not in technique, but in the philosophical principal of living and growing food in accordance with nature's principal.
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Food and medicine are not two different things: they are the front and back of one body. Chemically grown vegetables may be eaten for food, but they cannot be used as medicine.
MASANOBU FUKUOKA
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"At first people ate simply because they were alive and because food was tasty. Modern people have come to think that if they do not prepare food with elaborate seasonings, the meal will be tasteless. If you do not try to make food delicious, you will find that nature ...
MASANOBU FUKUOKA
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Principles Of Natural Farming
The four principles of natural farming are:
- human cultivation of soil, plowing or tilling are unnecessary, as is the use of powered machines.
- prepared fertilizers are unnecessary, as is the process of preparing compost.
- weeding, either by cultivation or ...
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"The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings."
MASANOBU FUKUOKA
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"People think they understand things because they become familiar with them. This is only superficial knowledge. It is the knowledge of the astronomer who knows the names of the stars, the botanist who knows the classification of the leaves and flowers, the artist who ...
MASANOBU FUKUOKA
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Masanobu Fukuoka
Masanobu Fukuoka (2 February 1913 – 16 August 2008) was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified lands. He was a proponent of no-till, herbicide and pesticide free cultivation methods from which he created a particular ...
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Doing nothing, non-action or not forcefully acting is one of Lao-Tzu’s well-known teachings. We mistakenly think this is akin to being lazy, and doing absolutely nothing. What Lao-Tzu means is that we should not do anything that is not in accordance with Tao. It means swimming with the ti...
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Stoicism is a philosophy of life that emphasizes the importance of virtue, reason, and living in accordance with nature. It was founded in ancient Greece by Zeno of Citium around 300 BC. It became popular in the Roman Empire when...
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It’s important to take time to get quiet each day.
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