In my opinion, if 100% of the people were farming it would be ideal. There is just a quarter-acre of arable land for each person in Japan. If each single person were given one quarter-acre, that is 1 1/4 acres to a family of five, that would be more than enough land to support the family for the whole year. If natural farming were practiced, a farmer would also have plenty of time for leisure and social activities within the village community. I think this is the most direct path toward making this country a happy, pleasant land.
Fukouka and Jefferson, with his ideal of the yeoman farmer, share much in ideologies. However, Fukouka's calculations only account for the needs of that single generation. Japan's population has not grown; but, in this philosophy, it cannot grow.
