The Healing Of The Land

When A Decision Is Made To Cope With The Symptoms Of A Problem, It Is Generally Assumed That The Corrective Measures Will Solve The Problem Itself. They Seldom Do. Engineers Cannot Seem To Get This Through Their Heads. These Countermeasures Are All Based On Too Narrow A Definition Of What Is Wrong. Human Measures And Countermeasures Proceed From Limited Scientific Truth And Judgment. A True Solution Can Never Come About In This Way.

The Real Path To Natural Farming Requires That A Person Know What Unaltered Nature Is, So That He Or She Can Instinctively Understand What Needs To Be Done - And What Must Not Be Done - To Work In Harmony With Its Processes.

By Raising Tall Trees For Windbreaks, Citrus Underneath, And A Green Manure Cover Down On The Surface, I Have Found A Way To Take It Easy And Let The Orchard Manage Itself!

Speaking Biologically, Fruit In A Slightly Shriveled State Is Holding Its Respiration And Energy Consumption Down To The Lowest Possible Level. It Is Like A Person In Meditation: His Metabolism, Respiration, And Calorie Consumption Reach An Extremely Low Level. Even If He Fasts, The Energy Within The Body Will Be Conserved. In The Same Way, When Mandarin Oranges Grow Wrinkled, When Fruit Shrivels, When Vegetables Wilt, They Are In The State That Will Preserve Their Food Value For The Longest Possible Time.

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.