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Fast rather than slow, more rather than less--this flashy "development" is linked directly to society's impending collapse. It has only served to sepa...more

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I believe that even 'returning-to-nature' and anti pollution activities, no matter how commendable, are not moving toward a genuine solution if they a...more

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In my opinion, if 100% of the people were farming it would be ideal. If each person were given one quarter-acre, that is 1 1/4 acres to a family of fi...more

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I do not particularly like the word 'work.' Human beings are the only animals who have to work, and I think that is the most ridiculous thing in the w...more

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At first people ate simply because they were alive and because food was tasty. Modern people have come to think that if they do not prepare food with ...more

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Before researchers become researchers they should become philosophers. They should consider what the human goal is, what it is that humanity should cr...more

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When it is understood that one loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them, the essence of natural farming will be realized. The ultimate g...more

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Until there is a reversal of the sense of values which cares more for size and appearance than for quality, there will be no solving the problem of fo...more

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The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.

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In olden times there were warriors, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants. Agriculture was said to be closer to the source of things than trade or manufac...more

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If 22 bushels (1,300 pounds) of rice and 22 bushels of winter grain are harvested from a quarter acre field, then the field will support five to ten p...more