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Modern Research Divides Nature Into Tiny Pieces And Conducts Tests That Conform Neither With Natural Law Nor With Practical Experience. The Results Are Arranged For The Convenience Of Research, Not According To The Needs Of The Farmer.

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.

The Only Sensible Approach To Disease And Insect Control, I Think, Is To Grow Sturdy Crops In A Healthy Environment.

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.

We Must Find Our Way Back To True Nature. We Must Set Ourselves To The Task Of Revitalizing The Earth. Regreening The Earth, Sowing Seeds In The Desert--that Is The Path Society Must Follow.