Masanobu Fukuoka: A Farming Visionary

Fukuoka's techniques contradict common farming methods. His farm had the structure of a natural forest. He called it "do nothing farming"... and his natural farming techniques did not require cultivation, chemical fertilizers, weeding, tillage or herbicides nor did they rely on any dependence on chemicals... Is this the way of the past or the way of the future? I think he needed courage in his time to allow himself to take risks, and it will take courage to follow in his footsteps.


 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Fukuoka

Pesticides linked to bee deaths must be banned

Perhaps if we could all lift our heads from our cell phones for a second we might notice a little less buzzing in the air. Although it is a complicated farming infrastructure that we rely on - it will take this type of catastrophic truth to knock some sense into consumers and ultimately the farming industry. This is our food chain. We need to start looking into natural alternatives, funding and support for organic farming, companion plantings, and new methods to feed ourselves.