Food, Earth, Happiness [Official - Short Film on Natural Farming]

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently live through a drought and we are creating beautiful natural moments

[@CityasNature]

Wonderful to hear this!!! We saw images of your farm, and it looks so beautiful. Keep up the good work! 😍P&S

[@Fancali]

"no money..nature..its enough! " thank you, i love that guy!

[@CityasNature]

Thanks for the comment Kamil! We totally love Okitsu san too :-)

[@Roger-go6jc]

I needed this to just wash over me. When Kazuaki Okitsu spoke of the truth within yourself that you feel with your whole body, as a part of nature you feel that truth. Sometimes we, as islands, it is not enough when the world around you, your leaders, are more focused on a multi-billion-dollar nuclear sub deal and a new coal plant, while our people are finding it harder and harder put food on the table and pay rent and not end up on the street. This is like climbing inside the womb. Here is energy, life, simplicity, the future, and more than anything, the truth.

[@aria_cinquantuno]

I learned about this in the 90s during my stays in Japan and have practiced a mix of the Japanese approach as well as knf ever since. Never looked back. I plan to create my very own special farm next year and show people what can be achieved in spiritual harmony and biosymbiosis. I will contact you to show you how it's going once I have it up and running. Good luck to all friends sharing this journey. Love from Europe.

[@CityasNature]

Inspiring to hear, Aria! Keep up the good work, and we look forward to hearing about your progress in time! Much love.

[@usmangani71]

Hello Aria. I hope and pray for your success. I am keen on knowing about your progress. Where in Europe? Central Eastern Europe?

[@taliesinmusic]

Hiya Aria, I trust you will find ease with this transition, I am very interested in how the process is going and where about you have set it up?

[@alwayslearning7672]

Me too!! I just found out about Natural Farming a few months ago. I'm looking for land right in Europe somewhere too and hope to create a model example like Fukuoka did.I will have to spend a long time observing my land I suppose and possibly adapt his method to suit whatever climate I'm in.If there are many people doing this in different areas this would be excellent.I would love to be able to come a visit and help you and vice versa. Can we somehow get on contact with each other and/or start a group that can support one another also?

[@davidschmidt270]

Amazing.....so true and beautiful! Hey Aria ....I hope if your plan failed your vision hasn't!! May God bless your path!

[@CC-kl4nh]

Visited Washington DC. Feeling the hate from the overcrowded streets. As soon as I walked into the botanical gardens, I felt a peace and happiness I never felt before. I could breathe! Went home and started planting. Am hoping for positivity and abundance! Nature has a balance and a science that we are all not aware of and it has been this way for hundreds of years. I wish I had learned this years ago! This is intelligence beyond the naked eye. The limone of the marigolds. The lycopene of the tomato. The natural sweetness of stevia. Each plant has a biochemistry and a symbiosis. It is truly amazing! I wish I had time to learn it all!

[@CityasNature]

Beautiful, thank you for this reflection on nature!

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

We are seven billion individuals on this planet friends, if each one should enjoy tiny gardening in order to neutralize pollution what a wonderful world this could be, let's encourage everybody get in action and get the farming hobby, at least for getting back the symbiotic relationship with the Holy Creation, you are doing a great job, you can help a lot indeed

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for this thoughtful comment! Let's all realize that beautiful world together 😍P&S

[@ramilurazmanov]

Thank you so much for this documentary! My eyes are wet with tears because of the truth being spoken so articulately❤🙏🏻

[@CityasNature]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I can't tell you how many times we had tears welling up while interviewing these amazing people. Truth hits strong and deep 🙂

[@ramilurazmanov]

@@CityasNature send you the warmest hugs!❤You're doing such an important work for the humanity!🙌🏻

[@brettmurray5297]

I always felt sad that humanity has lost just about all connection with earth & reality at our own detriment. All was confirmed when I was trained in plant health care & learnt the fundamentals of how plant life functions & works in conjunction with all other life. I've been working on teaching this ever since, unfortunately a lot of people in the industry still don't want to know, but I think it is slowly turning

[@andrewyang1446]

Thank you. It was a beautiful documentary. 감사합니다.

[@ursulaphillips4671]

Yes, you can feel truth in nature. 👍🙂❤️🌈🌈🌈🦢🦢🦢🪷🪷🪷🦋🦋🦋🌷🌹🌺🌼🦄❤️❤️❤️😘

[@CityasNature]

Absolutely! Thanks for the comment 🙂

[@Paislywalls4767]

I simply Love hearing an elderly Japanese man talking Sense and calling Out," Bullshit " Dangitt, we Are all the Same! Or the potential to be so. Love this video.

[@sirinunkrisnachinda8803]

Powerful both in content and photography. Best lesson for young people to learn before they are hypnotized with consumerism!

[@CityasNature]

"hypnotized with consumerism!" Well put, Sirinun! Glad you enjoyed the film, and feel free to share with young people :-)

[@nadiarogmati2184]

Farmers who understood how it is to live in earth! Very wise

[@CityasNature]

Thanks for your comment Nadia. So much we can learn from these wise caretakers of the earth :-)

[@jonathankeates1151]

This is, quite an amazing film, and one I intend to come back to again and again, when I imagine life to be complicated and fast. The messages here will remind me it is can actually be quite simple if I want it to be!

[@CityasNature]

Thanks for that, Jonathan! The words of these farmers continue to be a good reminder for us too ;-)

[@lindakim5547]

자연과 함께 살아가는 것은 축복입니다

[@tkio]

Wonderful film ❤❤❤ just beautiful. Thank you 🙏🏽❤

[@CityasNature]

Thank you so much! Happy that you enjoyed the film😍

[@ahmetkabakc8047]

I care a lot about what you do. When I received Mr. Masanobu's book by pure coincidence a few years ago, I realized late that the book I was holding in my hand was a miracle that offered wonderful solutions. I understood it much better when I read it over and over again. Thanks for letting people know about this. rest in peace Mr Masanobu

[@CityasNature]

Dear Ahmet, Thank you so much for the beautiful comment. Indeed, Masanobu Fukuoka gave a great gift to this world. And it is still spreading around the world today in many ways. We are glad to hear that you were also inspired by his work! Be well!

[@SameAsAnyOtherStranger]

I bought a copy of "One Straw Revolution" in the mid 80s and read it and reread sections of it periodically through a summer of my own existential discovery before I even had any idea what existentialism was. One story from the book that always seems relevant is how, when he took over his father's orchard, he didn't think he needed to prune the trees, since trees grew naturally without being pruned. The trees having adapted to being pruned, grew too many branches and produced too much fruit, damaging themselves from breaking branches and depleting nutrients from the soil. A lot in life is like that. We live in a world that has been altered in ways that won't automatically revert back to a natural state just by ceasing past practices. The natural state has to be returned to incrementally. And how what we might think is a good idea might actually be a bad idea. And how, for the time being, it is usually best to continue how things are done and then gradually effect change after learning the ins and outs of the status quo.

[@Gnarmarmilla]

Thank you so much for airing this on KZbin. I feel like God is telling me that our farmers have been making a huge mistake by farming the way they do, completely clearing land for monocultures while using pesticides and herbicides. This short film makes me feel more certain about that. Agroforestry might just be the way of the future.

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for this comment! We agree, agroforestry, agroecology, permaculture, natural farming, food forests, and whatever else brings us closer to truth and beauty. Bring it all on 🙂

[@dand9844]

Masanabu Fukuoka is the man

[@louiseintheworld8519]

Loved this :) I only have a small bit of land (my little garden), but this year I am going to stop fighting the weeds so much and let nature do its thing!

[@CityasNature]

Go for it! Once we started learning about all the weeds that we could eat or do other things with, our little garden suddenly felt massive 🙂

[@ursulaphillips4671]

I am so happy to see this video. If we could all learn to respect nature and mother earth. Gaia.

[@lapluiechampagne]

Merci!

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

We need to adjust agricultural practice to fit the environmental conditions and start listening to nature. Well done.

[@CityasNature]

Agreed! Many thanks for watching and commenting.

[@jimmyrichardson67]

Not just our agricultural practices, but the whole ‘growth economy’. It’s failed

[@super_straight]

We also need to cut down the population by 80% to make this sustainable

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

@@super_straight No we don't, you genocidal maniac.

[@super_straight]

@@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1 "genocidal maniac" - such irony, coming from a Bolshevik :)

[@chefinwood]

Thank you for this. I have small allotment in england. My grand father who has years of experience came to visit and asked me why im not digging the earth. I explained this concept to him. He just laughed and said so weve been doing it wrong for decades then ? I basically answered, yes. So then i had to provide evidence. 3 years have passed and i still only lightly hoe the surface weed. No chemicals. Just netting to keep birds off.

[@CityasNature]

What a lovely story! We hope your grandfather can enjoy some food from there, as further delicious proof 🙂 😍P&S

[@juliefinkelstein1674]

How inspiring

[@merveilleuxetmagique]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for sharing this wonderful film. I am very grateful to all these people in your film for existing and living on this Earth!

[@CityasNature]

Thank you so much! We are so grateful for your comment! It warms our hearts 🙂

[@andreawallenberger2668]

There's so much to feel, think about and appreciate here! ❤🙏🌻🌎

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for this Andrea! So glad you enjoyed the film!!! ❤

[@thepeopleplaceandnaturepod8344]

This video gave me hope for the future of our planet. 🍀

[@kanu86]

한국 일본 미국에서 이 영상을 보고 많은 사람들이 오염된 식단에 대해서 다시 한번 생각할 수 있을것 같습니다. 만들어 주신 영상이 큰 파도의 시작이 되었으면 좋겠습니다~! 감사합니다. ^^ 너무 멋지십니다!

[@CityasNature]

격려의 말씀 고맙습니다! 8년 전 완성된 작품인데, 이렇듯 계속해서 찾는 분들이 계셔서 저희도 무척 뿌듯합니다. 전체 영상도 저희 '다큐 자연농' 홈페이지를 통해 보실 수 있습니다. 감사합니다 ;-)

[@mariosebok]

The "Need to Grow" documentary showcases several innovative solutions to address the global food and agriculture crisis. Some of these solutions include: 1. Regenerative Agriculture: This farming practice focuses on restoring soil health and increasing biodiversity by using techniques such as cover cropping, crop rotation, and reduced tillage. 2. Aquaponics: This system combines aquaculture (raising fish) with hydroponics (growing plants in water) to create a closed-loop system that produces both fish and vegetables. 3. Composting: This process involves converting organic waste into nutrient-rich soil through microbial decomposition. 4. Vertical Farming: This method involves growing crops in vertically stacked layers, using artificial lighting and a controlled environment to maximize yields and reduce water use. 5. Mycoremediation: This technique uses fungi to break down toxic pollutants in the environment, such as pesticides and herbicides. Overall, these solutions offer promising ways to address the challenges of modern agriculture and move towards a more sustainable and resilient food system.

[@Tiffany-Rose]

Most humans are so separate from nature. It's so sad. It's nice to see and hear from people who tell it like it is. I'm looking forward to creating my own slice of natural paradise next year when my husband and I start our new journey on our very own farm and cat sanctuary 🩷

[@TsholofeloEdunBaloyi]

Beautiful! This just brings harmony to my spirit. Thanks for sharing such beauty!

[@CityasNature]

So glad to hear this! That's totally a big part of why we made the film. Thank you for sharing your feeling, Tsholofelo.

[@miracleshappen4483]

We need to reconnect with Mother Nature as the man said, we are part of Nature! Embrace who you truly are! 💖🤗😉

[@CityasNature]

Yes we do, yes we can! Thanks for this comment :-)

[@ashugowda5284]

I just loved it.. This is the way an enlightened mind would like to live. Hope more people embrace this way in coming days...Many thanks for making such a video. From Bangalore, India.

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for the beautiful comment Ashwatha! We hope more people can embrace such ways of being too.

[@supertramp5636]

I'm on a journey back to mother nature

[@evedalley8214]

Very beautiful, thank you so much 💙

[@lydiarowe491]

Working in harmony with the natural world is less invasive..it’s not about infiltrating..it is far better to work with the insects and the soil..composting works well if you live in the city for smaller gardens..thankyou for sharing..

[@CityasNature]

Thanks for watching, and for your comment :-)

[@TheMardi45]

More hope for the future of our beautiful amazing planet. It is so precious 💕

[@CityasNature]

More hope, indeed! Thank you for your response😍

[@angelesmilan8203]

❤Gracias por compartir y enseñar al mundo todo esto porque es muy importante, gracias por vuestra labor, ❤️🌹💯🙌👏😍

[@CityasNature]

¡Gracias por tu comentario, amor!

[@magesalmanac6424]

Beautiful! I could watch a whole series on this!

[@CityasNature]

Thanks for that comment! We might be able to do something like that 🙂

[@foodruraltv]

Hello dear friend, very nice video like

[@CityasNature]

Thank you very much!

[@ramilurazmanov]

Wow, I love this film!!!

[@elleh3495]

🌾Thank you for this wonderful film. So inspiring.

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for the comment! Glad you enjoyed the film 🙂

[@debashisghoshal1252]

I share it ... Thanks for upload ... It is the time to listen to the nature and living with it.

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for the kind words Debashis. Glad you enjoyed the film. Yes! Let's all learn to listen to nature :-)

[@putiwang7679]

Even with a small garden like my backyard, i can perfectly feel nature. Flowers, bees, bugs, butterflies...some bugs like my night jasmin leaves, i learned to be ok with it.

[@CityasNature]

It sounds like a wonderful backyard garden, Puti! Thank you for sharing :-)

[@jamesrichey]

It took me awhile but I got there.

[@kashyabguruvar5065]

4:50 Yoshikazu Kawaguchi just said the perfect thing. Natural farming anywhere in the world teaches the same thing. Yet I got to experience that Indian way (now called Zero Budget Natural Farming, ZBNF) yields a much faster and better result. The only thing is that you need a Zebu cattle. I welcome you all to Kerala, India to see the results.

[@CityasNature]

Exciting to hear this Kashyab! Yes, absolutely, a key lesson is that we learn from nature, there are limitless different ways to do natural farming for every person and every place. We know a few farmers that integrate cattle and other animals (in united states and europe) and have read much of a man named Patrick Holden who is working with holistic grazing in UK. Thank you for the comment. It would be great to see your farm one day if we have the chance!

[@SiSwitzer]

Many wonderful viewpoints and wise words here, I feel so deeply and strongly in accordance with what is being said in this documentary……the simplest and most important words said in this video are from Kazuaki Okitsu “it’s enough”……our needs as humans really are so simple, but it is the way of many people to want to complicate and clutter….. as the great Alan Watts said “muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone”. Thank you to all the wonderful people in this video and elsewhere who are farming in this incredibly simple natural harmonic way🙏

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for the beautiful comment SiSwitzer! It's Enough is one of our favorite mottos :-)

[@Huskydoggg]

Thank you! 🙏

[@lucyb15]

yes.

[@fortunewrangler8524]

I agree!! Wholeheartedly!!!

[@fabianazandrino6018]

La belleza de este corto me reconforto el corazón.....como la primera vez que escuche los postulados del maestro Fukuoka.

[@CityasNature]

Gracias por este comentario. La belleza del pensamiento del Fukuoka calienta nuestro corazón.

[@emmahardesty4330]

Thank you for this. Very great to know that others have absorbed Fukuoka's logic, aka permaculture. It seems a big first step in agribusiness could simply mean interplanting, especially with pollinator-attracting plants.

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for this. We are always amazed and happy to see the growth of natural farming, permaculture, and all the other amazing ways of growing food together with nature. Glad you enjoyed the film!

[@thelasthusserlian4342]

I just finished reading One straw revolution and I was mesmerized by that So I look up for some video about natural farming and found this video, very nice content💓

[@CityasNature]

Thanks for the comment, and glad you enjoyed. One Straw Revolution is a great book :-)

[@garukoe]

Thanks for releasing this abbreviated version. It is very inspiring and so timely. I checked your website and very glad to learn how things have been unfolding from this documentary, that art space and other projects. I am definitely watching your space...

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for the note! Happy to hear that you enjoy what we've been up to.

[@fabioguerreiro8607]

Thank you for the beautiful meaning and simple but quiet amazing realization and production ❤

[@CityasNature]

Thank you so much for the beautiful comment😍

[@sullyvelasquez6363]

Qué bello, tan profundo y tan simple a la vez.

[@CityasNature]

Belleza simple. ¡Estoy de acuerdo! Muchas gracias

[@resolutionarybeing1885]

embrace the TRUTH! "Love in not optional." "The planet is dying and human well-being is being wiped out." "There is not enough love being openly manifest on the planet to maintain life as we thought we knew it, or truly want to know it." Our large and small personal mistakes, justification and righteous position has a laser focus which if not corrected leads to death and further harm. Most of us do not want to give up being seen as rational, reasonable, innocent speakers of the truth as we cooperate or go along to get along or not be ostracized; as we defend our small or or gargantuan status, power, control, position and resources. Love has the power, if we demonstrate the truth of existence and care about this life on this planet right now and into the future.

[@lelakilangit8495]

Respect..they are so amzaing people

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for the comment Arya! We think they are pretty amazing, too ;-)

[@jimmyrichardson67]

Start with what we need to eat today, or ‘give us this day our daily bread’

[@CityasNature]

I hadn't thought of it this way. So nice to see this Jimmy. There is so much wisdom in our world's religions.

[@kravist518]

Would like to see a film that brings together Biodynamic farming and Natural farming

[@CityasNature]

Nice idea Kravist. Maybe it's in the cards in the future. We do know a few wonderful biodynamic farmers.

[@viverocieloverdeorganico]

Graciasss Graciasss Graciasss!!! Amén Amén Amén. Cuando me encontré con Fukuoka me reconocí a mi misma, yo venia trabajando en mi Tierra, como en mi yo soy integrada a mi Tierra, yo hacia lo mismo que Fukuoka, verlo y escucharlo me reconfortó tanto, me abrazó y me abrazé y me dije a mi misma adelante que vas muy bien, el ser y hacer diferente al resto crea un conflicto en nuestro Corazon y la Naturaleza nos sana todo, somos Todo somos Vida. Bendiciones !!! Maria de Jesús

[@CityasNature]

¡De nada! Gracias por las hermosas palabras

[@viverocieloverdeorganico]

@@CityasNature ☉🎶🔔

[@mariecook622]

Avery important film ... for all. However meant can not and will not waken to this wisdom. So we need to sow the seeds of knowledge regarding concepts like this film depicts, to out maneuver, out strategies those that are as,eep. May they waken, soon.

[@CityasNature]

We hear you Marie! Let's keep on working and sowing the seeds!

[@สนั่นราชวัตร]

Sem espera, sem esperanca, faca imediatamente

[@تشجير]

سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم ❤❤❤

[@asyouwish1143]

Truly inspiring 🙌❤🙌

[@5varinia5]

What an amazing film!!!!! Thank you!!!

[@CityasNature]

Thank you! Happy you enjoyed it 🙂

This is actually a disappointng documentary for those of us who have known- and tried to follow - Fukuoka´s teachings for decades. It is just repeating the philosophy without actually showing us the fields, or how each farmer has applied this philosophy, which would be fascinating. We just see lots of images of grains, without knowing wht came before, what came after, why the ground is so hard ( the pointed stick image,) why virtually no trees. OF course each of us will develop his or own style of relating to nature and producing food, but it could be deeply inspiring to SEE other examples.

[@CityasNature]

Hello Mariza san! This film is a 20 minute introduction to build awareness about the concept of natural farming for those who have never met it before. It also has been an inspiration to practicing farmers, to know that Fukuoka's ideas are alive and well, and are being taken up and adapted by all generations of people from all walks of life. We agree there is a need to share the diverse practices, but there is simply no room in such a film to do this, and we are just two people who used our own life savings to travel and produce this. In a sense, you could say this film is just one small piece of a diverse movement that is taking shape. You are part of that movement as well, which is wonderful. We hope the film encourages you, and others who are practicing and following natural farming, to share your stories too. We need to come together now, more than ever.

[@arrowcamelchen8871]

Yeah , I am one of those who have known. I was not disappointed by the film but grateful.

[@susanmcentee7522]

Just beautiful

[@부엉이세모집]

자연농! 생각만해도 행복해 지내요 ㅠㅠ 저 또한 실천하기 위해 노력하겠습니다! 좋은 영상 만들어주셔서 감사합니다!!

[@qimmu11]

precious and funny. thank you

[@juliannevillecorrea]

Thank you very much !

[@CityasNature]

Hi Julian! You are welcome very much. It's been our pleasure to make this film :-)

[@foodnaturehappiness6129]

We should be in harmony with nature😊

[@CityasNature]

Indeed! Peace

[@IAMPRESENCE144]

결제하여 잘 봤습니다. 너무 공감하면서 봤고, 나도 자연농을 실행하자.라는 의지가 꿈틀대는 것 같습니다. 현재 옥상에서만 해보지만, 언젠가는 자연농의 흐름에 올라타서 과수원, 산림, 정원 등을 가꾸는 농부로써도 활동하게 될 것 같은 느낌이 듭니다^^

[@Skashoon]

It is indeed an aspiration to grow in this way. I do have one small favor to ask of Japan; can you please recall the Japanese beetles? They’re eating nearly everything I grow.

[@hadleybee9710]

Check your soil health...bugs like plants that are weak

[@hugo.8626]

thanks

[@charleslucas1714]

Bravo, thank you kindly.

[@CityasNature]

Thank you too!

[@vietphi1047]

thank you for making such a film..just love it..from vietnam

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for watching. So glad you enjoyed it!

[@amarynth100]

💗

[@dinocecconello8642]

short and dense, superb!

[@CityasNature]

Thank you, Dino Cecconello!

[@tansyricecaley3775]

I must congratulate you on the interesting music which fitted beautifully withe the film…so often a film/documentary is spoilt by it’s poor choice of ‘music’ or inappropriate sounds.

[@adivsau]

[10:08] I really liked the way, truth has been described.

[@CityasNature]

Me too, Adikri! There is a funny story about Okitsu in that scene. When I asked him the question, at first he walked out of the room. I wondered if I had done something wrong. He ended up talking to his wife about how he could answer a question that was not possible to answer. Okitsu was so patient with this clueless foreigner filmmaker :-) I discovered eventually, that in his farm was that truth, and it was in abundance. That is where I could find answers to my question. I'll never forget the time there. If you're interested, there is a story about it here: cityasnature.org/post/2015/its-enough/

[@silfawai1535]

Awesome attitude wisdom so simp,e,clean🍃he had to share..I'm with everything he said👌🌲🌳🦋🌈nz

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for these words! Glad you enjoyed :-)

[@devsachde8996]

No money farming also knows as zero budget farming! It's enough 😊

[@johnroydelacruz1433]

We need this nowadays

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for the comment John Roy. Indeed we do!

[@nancylowe8286]

Beautiful, thank you!

[@CityasNature]

Glad you enjoyed and thank you for the comment 🙂

[@susanacasas8808]

Precioso compartir.❤

[@apopope72]

I was not aware of this. I feel wiser.

[@courtneyheron1561]

Fantastic

[@CityasNature]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@julianfrederick9082]

I don’t think it was an entirely new idea that Fukuoka came up with, I think it is a very ancient idea.

[@CityasNature]

Indeed, Julian! It certainly is. Every now and then someone brings to our attention another culture somewhere around the world that practiced the very same way of thinking about our relationship to the natural world. After a while, I lost count. There is a wealth of knowledge and understanding out there, and this film can only touch on one part. We'd all do well to explore more of it. In Larry Korn's extended interview ( cityasnature.org/post/2020/fukuoka-korn-interview-series/ ) he talks a bit about this, and how the native people of what we now call Calfornia were basically natural farmers. So natural, that westerner's who commented on the 'beautiful natural landscapes' had little idea that they had been carefully managed for thousands of years! It's fascinating. There's also a nice book out there by M. Kat Anderson called "Tending the wild" that I'd recommend if you're into reading about the topic from a view of California's native people. Anyway, thanks for the comment, Julian. Feel free to share any inspiring stories of this kind of thinking. Always happy to see them.

[@risasb]

He talked about village wisdom and the way of the centuries, so I don't think he was claiming complete originality

[@alwayslearning7672]

I've just watched this and bought the full documentary.Thank you for making it.One day I hope to visit these natural farms.Meanwhile I will be starting my own soon. Could you please explain two things that confused me in the documentary. 1.What was the significance of the nice department shopping store? Was it to show the hectic disconnected materialistic world people live in compared to the country side? 2.On one farm we saw people planting rice and harvesting nice neat little rows of rice.Fukuoka broadcasted his rice all over the place!

[@CityasNature]

Hi there! Thank you for the comment, and for your support of the full documentary! Your questions are good ones. I'll try my best to answer them: 1) You got it about the department store. I have this love/hate relationship with these places, because they are at the same time wondrous and yet unnecessarily overindulging. The scene is in some ways, a light-hearted tour through this alluring space that is kind of the opposite of how the natural farmers live. 2) On this particular farm, the farmer tried Fukuoka's methods and could never make it work well. So they invented their own way. We hear this a lot. The climate in the scenes you saw are colder and higher altitude that Fukuoka's farm in Shikoku, which might have something to do with it. Or, it could be the farmers just didn't do it right. However it is, the important lesson that Larry Korn and so many of the farmers reminded us of, is that Fukuoka's teachings were not explicitly about a "method," but about the "mindset," of how to approach and work together with the land. And indeed, while there are some commonalities in technique in various places, what we experienced is that 100 natural farmers will have 100 different ways of approaching their farming, because the most important thing to them, is to have a relationship with the land, and to let that relationship help inform their technique. In a way, we can borrow and try techniques and learn from each other, but we also need to go through the same process that Fukuoka san did, to find our own way based on the nature that we are part of. I hope these short answers helped! Thank you!

[@alwayslearning7672]

@@CityasNature Yes ,thank you for the clarification. You also did a great job on getting the viewers to recognise the disturbing noise pollution in Japan's cities,even through a video, compared to the quietness of the countryside. That fancy store seemed so disconnected from the reality.All the food was wrapped up and packaged so you couldn't touch or smell it.I heard from a friend that fruit is really expensive in Japan,which surprised me as it's mostly tropical and could grow a lot! I'm looking for small piece of land myself in Europe and will need to observe it and adapt to it too. The earth is so damaged everywhere so it's not surprising it will be different for everyone. I look forward to being part of this Natural Farming community and being part of the One Straw Revolution. Thanks for you documentary and inspiration!

[@leaf4267]

Most people used to the taste of fertilizers lol. Japanese are so genuine.

[@totoh82]

I worked on farms a couple summers and I don't know what they mean by feeling the truth in nature. I mean, yes it's wonderful when things are growing and I feel relaxed and happy, but nature can also be really harsh, the bugs are out there to eat you alive sometimes!

[@seeksustainablejapan]

Thank you for posting this important and beautiful film! I just read Korn-san's book as well as other books by Fukuoka-sensei - such important conversations we need to have now! I would love to help promote the good work you are doing as a part of my Seeking Sustainability LIVE interviews with people across Japan- please get in touch if you'd be interested in joining! Take care, joy (jjwalsh) InboundAmbassador

[@CityasNature]

Thanks JJ! Glad you enjoyed it! We've been so busy lately, but will follow up with your interview request soon...

[@DGibsonxio]

I wish the voices were all as loud as the music!

[@paulwhiteman3625]

Wow, that was amazing!!

[@CityasNature]

Thank you Paul! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Jerrodbasketball]

Amazing. ❤️

[@CityasNature]

Thank you! 😊

[@hawperify]

One Straw Revolution!

[@margarethardess7511]

Like a meditation in video form🤍🌱

[@CityasNature]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it as a meditation 🙂!

[@dianadallas5867]

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