Masanobu Fukuoka ; with a pref. by Wendell Berry ; edited by Larry Korn ; [translated from the Japanese by Chris Pearce, Tsune Kurosawa, and Larry Korn].
The author describes the events that led to the developemnt of his natural farming methods and the impact this has had on the land, himself, and the thousands of people he has taught. He discusses the method itself and why he believes it offers a practical, steady-state model of how society can live on a foundation of permanence and simplicity.