Ignorance, Hatred And Greed Are Killing Nature.

If A Farmer Does Abandon His Or Her "tame" Fields Completely To Nature, Mistakes And Destruction Are Inevitable.

I Believe That A Revolution Can Begin From This One Strand Of Straw. Seen At A Glance, This Rice Straw May Appear Light And Insignificant. Hardly Anyone Would Believe That It Could Start A Revolution. But I Have Come To Realize The Weight And Power Of This Straw. For Me, This Revolution Is Very Real.

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.

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.

Left Alone, The Earth Maintains Its Own Fertility, In Accordance With The Orderly Cycle Of Plant And Animal Life.