Masanobu Fukuoka rice and orchard techniques

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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

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• masanobu fukuoka
• sustainable
• farming
• rice
• agriculture
• permaculture
• sustainability
• eco
• green
• organic
• fertilizer
• barley
• orchards
• Do Nothing Farming
• garden
• japan
• nature
• gardening

[singlechopstick]

Great video, well put together. Machine'less grain growing, love it! I'm looking for ways to grow grain on my quarter acre urban lot. Looking for ideas on small scale bean and grain production. Thx

[paulwheaton12]

@singlechopstick have you been out to permies.com yet?

[ThunderPreacher]

Hey Paul, don't keep the rest of the interview for yourself, we want more! :)

[paulwheaton12]

@ThunderPreacher I have more. More will come. It takes time to mash this stuff together. Did you hear the podcast with Larry on this topic?

[DancingHorses26]

Is anyone in Japan continuing Fukuoka's rice growing techniques? I hope his example doesn't only live on in second hand accounts.

[vidaripollen]

@DancingHorses26 they forgot him.now japan is the only country in the world where organic farmers are committing suicide-after their crops were radiation poison from the nuke accident.

[olishant]

So relaxing listening to him talk about this wonderful man and his techniques, and then seeing the rain (snow?) in the background.

[Rhinoch8]

When he says he grows acacias, those are Robinia Pseudoacacias or really Acacia genre?

[vidaripollen]

great inspiring man.a titan.

[singlechopstick]

@paulwheaton12 yes I have and it is a higher education on carbon based lifeforms. My reading ability can't keep up with my interests. I just got in "Sepp Holzer's Permaculture" book love it! I'll see ya at Permies. Keep the videos coming. Easy and convenient way to learn. Thx