Masanobu Fukuoka Part III (Natural Life) - Larry Korn Interview

Seen as the father of modern day natural farming, Masanobu Fukuoka is author of “The One Straw Revolution,” a fundamental volume for understanding how human beings can live together with this earth. This three part film series features previously unreleased interviews with Larry Korn, who in 1974 (after a decade of studying soil, plants, and Eastern culture) spent two years of living and studying with Fukuoka.
When Larry left Japan, he carried the Japanese manuscript of Fukuoka’s book with him to California, with the determination to get the book published in English. His work in helping to translate and edit this book would bring the ideas of Fukuoka and Natural Farming to millions of people worldwide.
These interviews were filmed at Larry Korn’s home in Ashland, Oregon in 2012, during production of the documentary film Final Straw: Food, Earth, Happiness (www.finalstraw.org). They tell the story of Fukuoka from the perspective of a man who spent much of his life dedicated to bringing ideas of East and West together by finding truth within soil, plants and in turn, within humans.
It is impossible to understate how fundamental Larry’s work was to the establishment and growth of the worldwide sustainable farming movement. More than just a scholar of the soil, he was a man filled with wisdom, who exercised deep care, humility, and love for this earth. His work set the scene for a journey that changed the course of our lives in a beautiful way.
We hope the moments with Larry in these simple films, might help do the same for others.
MORE RESOURCES:
Read the complete interview here:
www.finalstraw.org/masanobu-fu...
A free 20-minute film featuring Larry, and a host of other natural farm luminaries can be watched here:
• Food, Earth, Happiness...
Larry Korn's book "One Straw Revolutionary" can be found here:
www.chelseagreen.com/product/...
PRODUCTION:
This film was independently produced by City as Nature art and media studio (www.cityasnature.org) with previously unreleased archival footage from our feature length documentary, Final Straw: Food, Earth, Happiness.
We would like to thank the following supporters, whose donations made this interview series possible: Andrew Sblendorio, Johanna Fredenberg & Omstallning Pargas, Janine Lydon, Syanne Cole, MISS D E A SMITH, Peter Brandis, Cenk Rullas

[@samsamsobarani681]

one of the enlightenment people, all his words are like cold water in the desert

[@lillyinthepond]

I enjoyed enormously all three parts. Thank you!

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for watching and commenting Jasmina! We are glad you enjoyed :-)

[@rizeandshine4473]

What a beautiful spirit shinning a light of truth for humanity. Both Larry Korn and Manasobu Fukuoka. May PEACE follow them on their journey all they places they go. Thank you so much for these wisdom's.

[@CityasNature]

Thank you for the beautiful comment. They have helped us on our journey as humans here. I hope we can follow in that truth, too...

[@fernandoesqueda6066]

Here a natural farmer from Michoacán, Mexico. These men have motivated me to continue with my life project. Infinite thanks.

[@CityasNature]

Wonderful to know this! Sending good thoughts to you in Mexico :-)

[@CplusO2]

Now, as the world is in transition, the work of Masanobu Fukuoka is even more important. I read the one straw revolution in the 1980's. Do nothing farming is an abandonment and a connection. Nature is on our side . I work in the garden twice a year- the rest of the time I just eat. Stay Safe .

[@CityasNature]

"I work in the garden twice a year- the rest of the time I just eat." Great ;-) Thanks for the comment, Chris.

[@Joyofresonance]

beautifully ceafted video series! Thanks :)

[@evies_home]

Beautiful interview, thank you.

[@peacelovebliss]

Voluntary Simplicity! Love it 😃

[@CityasNature]

Indeed! Thank you peacelovebliss :-) !

[@alexandrecapucho7529]

Thanks for making and sharing this amazing interviews!

[@CityasNature]

Our pleasure! Glad you like them!

[@soniquetemusic]

Great series. Wonderful thoughts explained with calm and clarity. Thank you.

[@CityasNature]

Happy that you've enjoyed it Soniquete!

[@mwmingram]

LOVED these 3. Thank you so much.

[@CityasNature]

Thanks Matthew! Glad to hear it 🙂

[@drmelonhead]

amazing interviews, thanks for sharing this

[@CityasNature]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :-)

[@Barbaragolden]

thank you for this 3 interviews!!! amazing vision they two had!! simply beautiful

[@CityasNature]

Thank you Barbara! Glad you enjoyed these!

[@MisfitCafe]

Great interviews

[@CityasNature]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed them Mark!

[@user-uf5rf3wx5f]

I think we as a society have a lot to learn from Fukuoka's teachings, but I also think it's important to acknowledge how privileged someone has to be to be able to access land and therefore become practitioners of these tenets themselves. Is it possible to imagine a society in today's world where these things aren't just accessible to the privileged few, but to anyone who seeks it?

[@CityasNature]

An important prompt to think about. How can we shift that cultural 'norm' where land is owned by a handful of people, who insist that money and deeds grant them rights? In Japan, you can often get land in the countryside for very cheap or free, as long as you promise to farm it properly. This is mostly because there is a system in place that sees small landholder farmers as important to society. In some parts of South America, we've seen the people just take back the land and start farming on it. Also, here in Korea, people demand the right to grow food on empty land, and when enough people stand up with that demand, they can win. As well in Paris, I've seen local government supporting the right to farm on public land. So there is a growing understanding in many places, that land ownership often came about illicitly in the first place. And also, a question of whether it is even correct to say that a human can 'own' land. When we think about it, maybe it is actually the other way around, that in a way, the land owns us! It is interesting to see when people start putting that 'privilege' into question. After that, then we can ask openly, what is the equitable thing for land and people. It is not often we have those conversations, but when we do they tend to open a lot of possibilities. Curious if you or anyone else knows other examples of the 'right to grow' movements.

[@druss8052]

@@CityasNature Maybe in the spirit of Masanobu Fukuoka, everyone walks in the direction of 'owning' land, buying nature. What about walking the other way? Everything started as a thought, a dream, a vision. And what everyone attracts into their life, is what they think, dream, or envision. Once we focus on that, what we wish enters our life, yet not entirely as we envisioned it and often along crooked paths. But isn't that the adventure?

[@CityasNature]

@@druss8052 We like this thought ... and it certainly sounds like a worthy adventure 🙂

[@ligbzd837]

What's also different about Farming? It's cooperation. When people rely on farming to survive, people become partners and collaborate. They no longer compete. And it is about everyone surviving together. The more the merrier. Unlike the materialist world, it is all about competition; only one or few survive. The rest suffer.

[@kenbellchambers4577]

It is misleading to call Fukuoka's method 'no work' and no composting. He used a very sophisticated method of sheet composting combined with submersion, and straw mulch, assisted by growing high nutrient plants for hay. He did cut out a lot of pollution, so I think 'low damage' agricultural is a good name. I think there are many ways that traditional composting is a huge labour saver, and a wonderful purifying process for disposing of putrescibles and other difficult materials. Proper composting of the forest fuel overburden is extremely useful and necessary, along with renewing forests worldwide.

[@AselflimitedcapitalisemW0mamon]

I had to click the thumbs up button and I so very rarely do. The only thing I can find wrong with this man's perspective and understanding of what's causing the problem is that he uses the word farming - and "all farming typs" are for generating personal wealth - especially when doing so for the money empowered overlords - in the money empowered societies; money empowered hierarchies methods. So if he could change his choice of words from - farming -to "nurturing nature for our provision" then we could (utilizing strictly locally precticed "carefully shosen to be" ((strictly compostable)) - permaculture "type" practiced methods of provisioning different sorts of size limited populations of village population maintained-way-of-life villages) then we could finally begin to design our way back to fellow population maintained RETIRMENT (FROM CAPITALISM) Village Way of Life to replace what the mass-populations "Of capitalism" has caused when (the money making hierarchies) train up the minds of their masses to all become mind indroctinated-up to believing-in. And thus practicing (as the only way offered: WAY-OF-LIFE) type unsustainable type over-opulent-method of provisioning-masses of little money generators. Type capitalistic-societies type humans. Exploiting all that the Earth can provide and changing it into money for the banks. This is what the science of money empowered economics must begin to understand if we are to slowdown the degradation of Gods used to be green & sustainable earth of earth's naturally balanced provision. & we must do this even while allowing to continue what God had approved as a Mass-humans provisioning system. Made -of- mankind's over-efficent provisioning method. (Allowing that to live-on just outside our Retirement-village borders) From my perspective as a simple make human being who doesn't really understand why he was born on to this earth in order to be a debt slave serving money and powered hierarchies it's simply a matter of choice of how to nurture nature or over exploit nature for your provisioning but the science has proved that if we don't change it from the entire populations of the Earth doing the over-convenience method - and allow at least some portion of the populations to return to Village Way of Life that the mankind "caused out of balance" provisioning system - being what is over-consumer'is'um'ing of Gods predominantly free of charge provisioning system. If the money hungry governance systems don't allow at least a sizable portion of the villages to return by nurturing nature for their provision then it will soon be money making from nature "game over" as even the science of money-making economics-focused money empowered hierarchies money money funded science has explained by way of the money funding gimmick of (gimmick yet real Climate-Change) has been presented to generate more science - to un-over-complicate what the generating of mass populations has caused in earth over-toxifying & over-consuming type damage to Earth predominantly free of charge provisioning used to be naturally balanced & predominantly free-of-charge provisioning systems.

[@linkert810]

I read one-straw revolution round 2013. Read it over and over. It is super inspiring but I find the showcases few? Fukuokas farm is well documented but apart from that I’m not finding many other examples of functioning do-nothing farms or are they just very often off-grid and uninterested in showcasing their existence?

[@shawndworkin]

Please check out his follow up book called Sowing Seeds In The Desert.

[@CityasNature]

Agreed with what Shawn notes. We've found there are thousands of these farms in Japan, but as you suggest Robin, as it is with natural farmers, they are generally not interested in publicity or telling others how to do things ... so the knowledge spreads person to person, and through informal meetings at farms where people learn from each other. It's difficult (maybe impossible) to institutionalize natural farming without completely destroying its meaning :-) If you haven't seen it yet, there are also several interviews in the film 'Food, Earth, Happiness': kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3amkKSno5uYpsk

[@defukart2783]

Very nice video with full of bright thoughts. What do you think of Cittaslow concept?

[@CityasNature]

Thank you! Cittaslow sounds great, I'll check it out...

[@luisinaaguilawilder2750]

Thank you so much. Sorry, what happened to Larry Korn? he looks young.

[@kenbellchambers4577]

He lived in LA, so, undoubtedly his life was shortened by smog and pollution, chlorinated water, and a hectic environment.

[@sudhakarraokilari6119]

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[@CityasNature]

Great to see this comment. Thank you dear Sudhakar!

[@HV-Channel]

Too short really!

[@Angel.Cielito]

Cultural Indocrination