Masanobu Fukuoka Quotes About Farming

• The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.

  Masanobu Fukuoka

  Garden, Agriculture, Goal

  Masanobu Fukuoka (2010). “The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming”, p.14, New York Review of Books

• In my opinion, if 100% of the people were farming it would be ideal. If each person were given one quarter-acre, that is 1 1/4 acres to a family of five, that would be more than enough land to support the family for the whole year. If natural farming were practiced, a farmer would also have plenty of time for leisure and social activities within the village community. I think this is the most direct path toward making this country a happy, pleasant land.

  Masanobu Fukuoka

  País, Pensamiento, Años

• When it is understood that one loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them, the essence of natural farming will be realized. The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.

  Masanobu Fukuoka

  Essence, Goal, Perfection

  Masanobu Fukuoka (2010). “The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming”, p.119, New York Review of Books

• The real path to natural farming requires that a person know what unaltered nature is, so that he or she can instinctively understand what needs to be done - and what must not be done - to work in harmony with its processes.

  Masanobu Fukuoka

  Real, Needs, Done

  "Masanobu Fukuoka: Japanese Organic Farmer". Interview with Larry Korn, www.motherearthnews.com. July/August 1982.

• Aunque la agricultura natural -ya que puede enseñar a las personas a cultivar una comprensión profunda de la naturaleza- puede conducir a la comprensión espiritual, no es estrictamente una práctica espiritual.

  Masanobu Fukuoka

  Spiritual, Practice, Deep Understanding

• Unless people can become natural people, there can be neither natural farming nor natural food.

  Masanobu Fukuoka

  People, Farming, Natural

• Natural farming is just farming, nothing more. You don't have to be a spiritually oriented person to practice my methods.

  Masanobu Fukuoka

  Practice, Farming, Natural

• Farming is not just for growing crops, it is for the cultivation...o f human beings!

  Masanobu Fukuoka

  Growing, Farming, Crops

• El último principio de la agricultura natural es NO A LOS PLAGUICIDAS. La naturaleza está en perfecto equilibrio cuando se la deja en paz.

  Masanobu Fukuoka

  Perfect, Balance, Principles

• I started natural farming after the war with just one small plot, but gradually I acquired additional acreage by taking over surrounding pieces of abandoned land and caring for them by hand.

  Masanobu Fukuoka

  War, Caring, Hands

• One of the most important discoveries I made in those early years was that to succeed at natural farming, you have to get rid of your expectations. Such "products" of the mind are often incorrect or unrealistic . . . and can lead you to think you've made a mistake if they're not met.

  Masanobu Fukuoka

  Mistake, Thinking, Discovery

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