The One-Straw Revolution

An Introduction to Natural Farming

Author  Masanobu Fukuoka Introduction by  Frances Moore Lappé Preface by  Wendell Berry Edited by  Larry Korn Afterword by  Masanobu Fukuoka
The One-Straw Revolution

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…

$22.95
June 2, 2009
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