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The author writes that he is a farmer in Japan who gets rice yields that meet or eclipse the most highly productive regions in Japan, yet he:
- uses no artificial fertilizer
- does not plow
- does not sow se...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 18:48:04 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 19:07:02 -0700 2009
Really, to capture this guy's wit and humility and flashing intelligence, you really need to read the boo...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 04 11:22:41 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 11:45:57 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 19:00:35 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 19:10:17 -0800 2008
Starting from the thesis that life has no meaning, Mr. Fukuoka explains how this realization...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 11 18:58:07 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 17:13:30 -0800 2009
"When a decision is made to cope with the symptoms of a problem, it is generally assumed that the corrective measures will solve the problem itself. They seldom do. Engineers cannot seem to get this through their heads. These cou...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 14:48:43 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 21:39:06 -0700 2009 The One-Straw Revolution creates plenty of food for thought!

The book seems to me to be way ahead of its time. It was originally written in the late 1970s, but it sounds like it could have been written today. Organic farming is fairly mainstream now, but it wasn't at the time Fukuoka w...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Aug 20 09:29:23 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 09:33:48 -0700 2008
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However, here are a couple of quotes I liked:

pg 88
'To say it in a word, until there is a reversal of the sense of values which cares more for size and appearance than for quality, there will be no solving the problem of food pollution.'

pg 159
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If a few world leaders could be convinced to read this, we'd ha...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Sun Sep 06 15:19:52 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 15:21:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Jun 16 09:48:43 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 10:21:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 13:55:37 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 13:55:37 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 07:34:15 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 08:08:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 15:26:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 15:28:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 16 10:08:37 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:32:11 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 22:12:19 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 21:58:09 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5984290