I Started Natural Farming After The War

One Of The Most Important Discoveries I Made In Those Early Years Was That To Succeed At Natural Farming, You Have To Get Rid Of Your Expectations. Such "products" Of The Mind Are Often Incorrect Or Unrealistic . . . And Can Lead You To Think You've Made A Mistake If They're Not Met.

I Believe That A Revolution Can Begin From This One Strand Of Straw. Seen At A Glance, This Rice Straw May Appear Light And Insignificant. Hardly Anyone Would Believe That It Could Start A Revolution. But I Have Come To Realize The Weight And Power Of This Straw. For Me, This Revolution Is Very Real.

If You Do Not Try To Make Food Delicious, You Will Find That Nature Has Made It So.

Of Course, I Have Made Mistakes . . . Just As Every Grower Does. However, I Never Really Think Of Them As Mistakes!

Many People Think That When We Practice Agriculture, Nature Is Helping Us In Our Efforts To Grow Food. This Is An Exclusively Human-centered Viewpoint... We Should Instead, Realize That We Are Receiving That Which Nature Decides To Give Us. A Farmer Does Not Grow Something In The Sense That He Or She Creates It. That Human Is Only A Small Part Of The Whole Process By Which Nature Expresses Its Being. The Farmer Has Very Little Influence Over That Process... Other Than Being There And Doing His Or Her Small Part.