Masanobu Fukuoka (1913 to 2008) was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his work in natural farming and the re-vegetation of desertified land. A proponent of no-till, herbicide- and pesticide-free cultivation, he developed a distinct method of agriculture commonly called natural farming or do-nothing farming, and wrote several books and scientific papers that carried his influence beyond farming into the natural food and lifestyle movements.
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Defining ContributionDeveloped a distinct method of agriculture commonly called natural farming or do-nothing farming, a no-till, herbicide- and pesticide-free cultivation approach. 1 Connections
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Masanobu Fukuoka developed natural farming (shizen noho) on his own farm and set out its no-till, no-herbicide method in The One-Straw Revolution.
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1. Masanobu Fukuoka (Wikipedia)
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2 February 1913-16 August 2008) was a Japanese farmer and philosopher
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was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified lands
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commonly referred to as "natural farming" or "do-nothing farming"
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