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An interview with Masanobu Fukuoka, by Robert and Diane Gilman
Autumn 1986, Page 37 Masanobu Fukuoka is another of the major pioneers of sustainable agriculture who came to the 2nd International Permaculture Conference. We spoke with him a few days before the conference while he was visiting the Abundant Life Seed Foundation in Port Townsend, Washington. |
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One of the articles in
The Fundamental Reality Underlying Fukuoka's Principles
Soil is created by living plants working with microorganisms, and by the plants' residues and the microorganisms' corpses after their death. Soil is drained of nutrients by cultivation, NOT by plants. Tilling and cultivation of any sort diminishes the natural fertility of the soil in three ways: |
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