Masanobu Fukuoka rice and orchard techniques

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http://www.permies.com Larry Korn (http://www.larrykorn.net) gives and overview of the works of the spectacular Masanobu Fukuoka, author of The One Straw Revolution (http://onestrawrevolution.net) Larry talks about how Masanobu Fukuoka had three properties: the house in town, the rice field, and the citrus orchard on the hill. The spectacular thing about the rice fields is that he had rice production typically greater than his neighbors, without using the equipment or chemicals that his neighbors use. And, on top of that, he pulls a crop of barley off of the same land in addition to the massive rice crop. As another bonus, Masanobu Fukuoka's soil gets richer and richer every year. Up on the hillside, Masanobu Fukuoka plants a variety of things between the trees. He has a thick, lush jungle of herbacious things like vegetables growing between the trees. Tangerines, asian grapefruit, daikon raddish, mustard, acacia trees, buckwheat, mandarin oranges, etc. Discussion about this video is at http://www.permies.com/permaculture-forums/2214_0/permaculture/masanobu-fukuoka music by Jimmy Pardo

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your hair looks fabulous!
Great video thank you!

may u tell me how you think he started out the pieces of land for his no-till type of farming? I want to get into no till but should I just contour, chop and drop and add in my rock dust and extra loads of mulch?

I love this. "he does this in the fall when the seeds would naturally fall to the ground."

What are the consequences of Fukushima radiation ?

do nothing farmer, no need to spend money on fertilizer, machines,herbicides, confirm organic and one in nature, only collect harvest which could sell few times more expensive (organic).... wat else do you need?

Can somebody tell me how he got rid of the grass to replace it with the cover crops(white clover). I really want to know the answer! I am asking the question again from another video because this video seems more appropriate to ask this question

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Fascinating. I wonder why isn't it still widely practiced in the world. Will definitely try the method on my 3 properties that also has a rice field and orchard. Natural and zero cost in terms of sweat and money. Wow! Youpii! A happy farmer I will be ;-)

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This gonna be the most incredible and dynamic techniques of growing rice and orchard without harming our environment and to human itself. I highly acknowledge your intelligence and expertise regarding on this matter.

I'm curious as to how much water is needed to produce a kg of rice!

So much toxins in our food supply and it starts in the fields. Old ways are always better but usually smaller yields. However, we must return to the old ways for sustainability and health of the earth and its citizens.

Fukuoka sans farm was in a zone 10/9, so, humid/wet subtropical, but, rice is as such anyways. Thats how he grew something during the winter. Most of his momentum went to india, where it was received quite well, with great consideration to Masanobu's spiritual experiences and india's heritage. That said, i've found one maybe two documented tests with seedballs and both produced plants, but, neither seemed to have the seed ball size right(nor seeding time).

borders then, like, feet/inches, there are pictures comparing the stands as they are side by side

how did that plot you grew turn out? what were you growing? did you use seed balls?

Fukuoka's son is still maintaining his farm, but, he doesn't do it in an open nature like masanobu san did.

Love watching the snow behind you- we don't get much here in NC.

what about snakes-

This is amazing and so interesting!

I read the translation in 1980, and again several years ago. I grew a plot 15x40', for fun, and I learned a lot! Thanks Larry, it's nice to see and hear the translator. Thanks Paul, for posting on UT. By the way, Wendell Berry spoke at the 2012 Jefferson Lecture at the NEH, explaining the difference between extractive industrial agriculture, and the art of husbandry.