Do Nothing Farming

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Do-Nothing Farming, also known as Natural Farming, the Fukuoka Method, Fukuoka Farming, is an alternative farming method to chemical or traditional farming. Developed over a thirty year period by Masanobu Fukuoka of Japan, this method employs the use of crop rotation, minimal irrigation, no or reduced tillage, "seed balls," and allowing natural regulation of pests. [1][2]

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[edit] Founder

Masanobu Fukuoka was born in Japan in 1913. He studied microbiology and began a career studying plant pathology. He quit his job as a research scientist when he began to doubt modern agricultural science. Fukuoka then moved to his parents' farm in Shikoku in southern Japan and developed his own method of organic farming.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Troubled Times: Do-Nothing Gardening
  2. ^ An article on the pioneer of organic farming, Masanobu Fukuoka

[edit] Bibliography

  • Fukuoka, Masanobu. The One Straw Revolution. Rodale Books (US).


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