By Raising Tall Trees For Windbreaks, Citrus

We Have Come To The Point At Which There Is No Other Way Than To Bring About A 'movement' Not To Bring Anything About

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.

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 Goal Of Farming Is Not The Growing Of Crops, But The Cultivation And Perfection Of Human Beings.

As Far As My Planting Program Goes, I Simply Broadcast Rye And Barley Seed On Separate Fields In The Fall . . . While The Rice In Those Areas Is Still Standing. A Few Weeks After That I Harvest The Rice, And Then Spread Its Straw Back Over The Fields As Mulch.

I Believe That Even 'returning-to-nature' And Anti Pollution Activities, No Matter How Commendable, Are Not Moving Toward A Genuine Solution If They Are Carried Out Solely In Reaction To The Over Development Of The Present Age.