One-Straw Revolutionary: The Philosophy and Work of Masanobu FukuokaBy Larry Korn

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One-Straw Revolutionary represents the first commentary on the work of the late Japanese farmer and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka (1913 – 2008), widely considered to be natural farming’s most influential practitioner. Mr. Fukuoka is perhaps most known for his bestselling book The One-Straw Revolution (1978), a manifesto on the importance of no-till agriculture, which was at the time of publication a radical challenge to the global systems that supply the world’s food, and still inspires readers today. Larry Korn, who apprenticed with Mr. Fukuoka in Japan at the time, translated the manuscript and brought it to the United States, knowing it would change the conversation about food forever. The One-Straw Revolution, edited by Korn and Wendell Berry, was an immediate international success, and established Mr. Fukuoka as a leading voice in the fight against conventional industrial agriculture. In this new book, through his own personal narrative, Larry Korn distills his experience of more than thirty-five years of study with Mr. Fukuoka, living and working on his farm on Shikoku Island, and traveling with Mr. Fukuoka to the United States on two six-week visits.   One-Straw Revolutionary is the first book to look deeply at natural farming and intimately discuss the philosophy and work of Mr. Fukuoka. In addition to giving his personal thoughts about natural farming, Korn broadens the discussion by pointing out natural farming’s kinship with the ways of indigenous cultures and traditional Japanese farming. At the same time, he clearly distinguishes natural farming from other forms of agriculture, including scientific and organic agriculture and permaculture. Korn also clarifies commonly held misconceptions about natural farming in ways Western readers can readily understand. And he explains how natural farming can be used practically in areas other than agriculture, including personal growth and development. The book follows the author on his travels from one back-to-the-land commune to another in the countryside of 1970s Japan, a journey that eventually led him to Mr. Fukuoka’s natural farm. Korn’s description of his time there, as well as traveling with Mr. Fukuoka during his visits to the United States, offers a rare, inside look at Mr. Fukuoka’s life. Readers will delight in this personal insight into one of the world’s leading agricultural thinkers.

One-Straw Revolutionary: The Philosophy and Work of Masanobu FukuokaBy Larry Korn

• Amazon Sales Rank: #316027 in Books
• Published on: 2015-09-14
• Original language: English
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• Dimensions: 8.40" h x .60" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

One-Straw Revolutionary: The Philosophy and Work of Masanobu FukuokaBy Larry Korn

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"This book brings fascinating insight and perspective to the contributions of Masanobu Fukuoka (1913-2008), the founder of the worldwide natural farming movement. Written by a former student and farm intern of Fukuoka, it recounts his life and work, and documents the author's own travels in Japan and early experiences working on Fukuoka's farm in the 1970s. It goes on to discuss natural farming techniques using Fukuoka's farm as a case study, and describes the writing and publication of The One Straw Revolution (1975) and the resultant rise in international interest in natural farming. As it compares natural farming with indigenous farming, traditional Japanese agriculture, permaculture, and modern-day organic farming, the direction of the book changes from memory and reflection to an oversimplified discussion of agricultural theory. As a memoir it is compelling.”

“Larry Korn shines a light on the path that Fukuoka discovered integrating indigenous agriculture with a deep reverence for the land and natural processes. Many revolutions of the sun later, it is clear that the continued illumination of this path is necessary to bring about a stewardship culture of soil, plant, animal, and human. We are fortunate to have a torch bearer in Korn who embodies the words of Taoist sage, Lao T’zu, ‘what you do is what you are.’”--Don Tipping, founder of Seven Seeds Farm and Siskiyou Seeds

“This mind-opening book will provide the proper contextual knowledge and understanding on how nature works for any practitioner involved in farming, ranching, ecosystem restoration, or natural-resource management.”--Ray Archuleta, conservation agronomist, Natural Resources Conservation Service

“Larry Korn virtually brings Masanobu Fukuoka back to life in One-Straw Revolutionary by highlighting his experience of more than thirty-five years of study with Mr. Fukuoka. Here we not only get a new look at Mr. Fukuoka’s natural farming but also his life in general. For those who have or have not read the insightful The One-Straw Revolution, I highly recommend this delightful book about one of the world’s great agricultural thinkers.”--John P. Reganold, Regents Professor of Soil Science & Agroecology at Washington State University

“One-Straw Revolutionary is a profound sharing of the essential philosophy of natural farming translated through the friendship between Larry Korn and Masanobu Fukuoka. Larry’s engaging story offers wise insights into authentic practices that honor the community of all life. I deeply resonate with both the author’s perspectives and Fukuoka’s clear understanding of a revolutionary pathway for creating abundance by honoring the natural patterns of our earth.”--Katrina Blair, author of The Wild Wisdom of Weeds

“In One-Straw Revolutionary, Larry Korn revisits his experiences with Masanobu Fukuoka, one of the most important thinkers in agricultural history. This book is a sort of sequel to Mr. Fukuoka’s The One-Straw Revolution, clarifying and amplifying that book and then going on to reveal Mr. Korn’s own intriguing contributions to the new social and agricultural order.”--Gene Logsdon, author of Gene Everlasting and A Sanctuary of Trees       

“I still think The One-Straw Revolution is the best book Rodale ever published, and we can thank Larry Korn for bringing it to us. Larry’s deep insight into Fukuoka-san’s Zen-like approach to farming threw a new light on the organic method of farming and gardening for me, as I was then an editor of Organic Gardening magazine. Through Larry, I was able to see that the question is not, ‘What can I do next?’ but rather, ‘What can I stop doing without diminishing the results?’ This impulse toward simplicity is the master’s great gift to the world, carried forth into the world by Larry Korn.”―Jeff Cox, author of twenty books, including the best-selling From Vines to Wines and the James Beard Foundation-nominated The Organic Cook’s Bible, and former managing editor of Organic Gardening magazine

About the Author

Larry Korn is an American who lived and worked on the farm of Masanobu Fukuoka for more than two years in the early 1970s. He is translator and editor of the English-language edition of Mr. Fukuoka’s The One-Straw Revolution and editor of his later book, Sowing Seeds in the Desert. Korn accompanied Mr. Fukuoka on his visits to the United States in 1979 and 1986. He studied Asian history, soil science, and plant nutrition at the University of California, Berkeley, and has worked in wholesale and retail plant nurseries, as a soil scientist for the California Department of Forestry, and as a residential landscape contractor in the San Francisco Bay Area. Korn has taught many courses and workshops about natural farming, permaculture, and local food production throughout the United States. He currently lives in Ashland, Oregon.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. This is the book we have been waiting for to ... By Charles Burr This is the book we have been waiting for to fill in the continuum between modern agriculture, organics, permaculture, natural farming and indigenous tending the wild. Larry Korn is the only person who could write this book as the only person who has not only worked on Masanobu Fukuoka's farm, but also received his permaculture design certificate (PDC) from Bill Mollison's first course held in the US. Larry Korn exams each practice and how they are reflected in society. His anecdotes of first-hand experience living on Masanobu Fukuoka's farm and travels to the US are priceless. Read this book to learn more about natural farming, Fukuoka, understand how we got here and where we need to go in the future. Thank you Larry!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. When I began to rebel against that absurdity and create a farm somewhat like that described by Mr By Dave Bishop “One Straw Revolution” was one of the most influential and inspiring reads of hope on my personal 35 year journey as a farmer trying to break free of industrial agriculture. That journey began in 1980 when I was young farmer in the middle of the corn belt trying to get into the world of “get big or get out” that was modern farming. Yes, I really did try to convince myself that you could put poison on your food and not poison yourself.When I began to rebel against that absurdity and create a farm somewhat like that described by Mr. Fukuoka, I quickly felt the disapproval and suspicion of my neighbors, as I imagine he must have. (Not to mention landlords and lenders) At least I could lay in bed at night reading his book and thinking, well I’m not the only nut case . . .Larry’s book clarifies many of the things in Mr. Fukuoka’s writings that I had found difficult to understand. Chapters 3 (The Natural Farm of Masanobu Fukuoka) and seven (Organic Farming and Permaculture) were especially helpful in that regard.Today, our organic farm has a steady stream of visitors and students - and some of those conventional neighbors - interested in finding out about the one straw revolution that’s going on all around them today. “One Straw Revolutionary” is an inspiring and informative look into the life of a courageous and thoughtful man gifted with wisdom.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Reconnecting With Nature By Richard Reese (author of Understanding Sustainability) Long, long ago, hip folks in the Beatles era were jabbering about Masanobu Fukuoka’s book, The One-Straw Revolution. It explained how he grew healthy food via natural farming, a low budget, low impact approach. On his farm in Japan, Fukuoka was growing grain, fruit, and vegetables without plowing, cultivating, chemicals, compost, fertilizer, fossil energy, erosion, pruning, or regular weeding. He farmed like this for more than 25 years, and his yields were comparable to those at conventional farms.The Japanese edition of his book was published in 1975, at a time when oil shocks had spurred interest in energy efficiency. When the English version was published in 1978, it was an international smash hit, and Fukuoka became a celebrity. Larry Korn was the book’s translator. He’s a California lad who worked on Fukuoka’s farm for more than two years. Now, in 2015, Korn has published One-Straw Revolutionary, which is the subject of this review. It describes Fukuoka the man, and his philosophy, with glowing praise.Korn detests conventional industrial farming, because it has so many drawbacks. A bit less troublesome is organic farming done on an industrial scale. At the positive end of the spectrum, he sees Fukuoka’s natural farming as very close to the ideal, both environmentally and philosophically. A bit less wonderful than natural farming are permaculture and old-fashioned small-scale organic farming.The ideal is something like the California Indians that were fondly described in M. Kat Anderson’s book, Tending the Wild. They were wild hunter-gatherers who included wild plant seeds in their diet. They devoted special care to the wild plant species that were important to their way of life. Most folks would consider this to be mindful foraging — tending, not farming.These Indians did not till the soil, and were not warlike. Nobody owned the land. There were no masters or servants. There was no market system or tax collectors. They had a time-proven method for living, and this knowledge was carefully passed from generation to generation. The Indians were wild, free, and living sustainably — in the original meaning of the word. When the Spanish invaders arrived, they saw these Indians as lazy, because they worked so little.Fukuoka, on the other hand, resided in a densely populated industrial civilization, which was eagerly adapting American style industrial agriculture. While the Indians foraged in a healthy wild ecosystem, Fukuoka worked on an ecosystem that had been heavily altered by centuries of agriculture. He raised domesticated plants and animals. Fukuoka was experimenting with radically unconventional methods, and had no traditions or mentors to guide him.He practiced natural farming on one acre (0.4 ha) of grain field, and ten acres (4 ha) devoted to a mix of fruit trees and vegetables. When Korn arrived in 1974, Fukuoka was assisted by five apprentices, who were not at all lazy, and rarely had a day off. Cash had to be generated to purchase necessities and pay taxes, so surplus food had to be produced. Thus, his natural farming was quite different from California tending.On the plus side, Fukuoka’s experiment benefitted from rich soil and generous rainfall — especially during the growing season. Vegetables could be grown year round in the mild climate, and two crops of grain could be harvested each year. On the down side, few succeeded in duplicating his success, even in Japan. It took years to get the operation working, requiring extra servings of intuition and good luck. Korn warned, “In most parts of North America and the world the specific method Mr. Fukuoka uses would be impractical.”In the natural farming mindset, the strategy should not be guided by intellect; nature should run the show. Fukuoka talked to plants, asking them for guidance. When he planted the orchard, he added a mixture of 100 types of seeds to wet clay, made seed balls, and tossed the balls on the land. Seeds included grains, vegetables, flowers, clover, shrubs, and trees. Nature decided what thrived and what didn’t. Within a few years, a jungle of dense growth sorted itself out. But sometimes nature gave him a dope slap. In the early days, Fukuoka allowed nature to manage an existing orchard, and he was horrified to watch 400 trees die from insects and disease.My work focuses on ecological sustainability, at a time when the original meaning of sustainability has largely been abandoned, and replaced by sparkly marketing hype. I go on full alert when I see “sustainable agriculture.” In my book, What is Sustainable, I took a look at what Korn calls “indigenous agriculture,” which is often imagined to be sustainable.California tending was far different from the intensive corn farming on the other side of the Rockies, which led to soil depletion, erosion, population growth, health problems, warfare, and temporary civilizations like Cahokia. In his book Indians of North America, Harold E. Driver estimated that less than half of North America was inhabited by farmers, but 90 to 95 percent of Native Americans ate crop foods, indicating that farm country was densely populated. In corn country, defensive palisades surrounded many villages.In 2015, humankind is temporarily in extreme overshoot, as the cheap energy bubble glides toward its sunset years, and the climate change storms are moving in. Obviously, feeding seven billion sustainably is impossible. At the same time, highly unsustainable industrial farming cannot continue feeding billions indefinitely. It’s essential that young folks have a good understanding of ecological sustainability, and our education system is doing a terrible job of informing them.The California Indians provide an important example of a vital truth. When voluntary self-restraint was used to keep population below carrying capacity, people could live sustainably in a wild ecosystem via nothing more complex than hunting and foraging. They had no need for farming, with its many headaches, backaches, and heartaches.Korn’s book got exciting near the end. Farming was just one facet of Fukuoka’s dream. As a young man, he attended an agriculture college, and then endured a dreary job as a plant inspector. His mind overloaded, his health fell apart, and he nearly died. In 1937, he had a beautiful vision, quit his job, and went back home to the farm.In his vision, he suddenly realized that all life was one, and sacred. Nature was whole, healthy, and perfect — and nothing our ambitious intellects imagined could improve this harmonious unity in any way. Humans do not exist in a realm outside of nature, no matter what our teachers tell us. Heaven is where your feet are standing.The world of 1937 was a filthy, crazy, overpopulated train wreck, and this was largely thanks to science, dogmas, and philosophies. Intellect alienated us from our “big life” home. Civilization had created a dysfunctional world that was far too complex. The lives of most people were no longer intimately connected to the natural world.In agriculture, the herd of experts insisted that plowing, pruning, cultivating, chemicals, and weeding were mandatory for success. One after another, Fukuoka abandoned these required tasks, made some needed adjustments, and didn’t crash. His farm got simpler and healthier.No other animals harm themselves by pursuing science. Fukuoka realized that people should be like birds. “Birds don’t run around carefully preparing fields, planting seeds, and harvesting food. They don’t create anything… they just receive what is there for them with a humble and grateful heart.” Bingo!How can we reorient to nature? “For most of us, that process begins by unlearning most of the things we were taught when we were young.” The healing process requires abandoning many, many beliefs and behaviors that our culture encourages. We need to waste less, spend less, and earn less, take only what we need, and nothing more. “Wearing simple clothing, eating simple food, and living a humble, ordinary life elevates the human spirit by bringing us closer to the source of life.”

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