![]() ![]() After a hospitalization due to pneumonia, he experienced an epiphany. This relatively short, yet deceptively insightful book undoubtedly became my favorite gardening book and through reading it, I helped Fukuoka’s agricultural revolution grow.įukuoka began his career as a plant pathologist with the Japanese government in the 1930s. While volunteering at the university’s organic farm, a friend recommended “The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming” by Masanobu Fukuoka. ![]() My time in Nova Scotia strengthened my connection to nature and played a pivotal role in my decision to study ecology at the University of New Hampshire. I quickly grew disenchanted with the artificial environment and found a paradigm for understanding the modern disconnection of humans from nature in Daniel Quinn’s “Ishmael.” Upon graduation, books including “The Unsettling of America” by Wendell Berry and “The Good Life” by Helen and Scott Nearing inspired me to apprentice as a luthier on an organic farm in Nova Scotia. “The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.” - Masanobu FukuokaĪs a 15-year old I moved from rural New Hampshire to suburban south Florida. ![]()
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