Ethan Rainwater talk on the Natural Farming Technique of Masanobu Fukuoka

Petaluma Bounty Farm and The Seed Bank co-host a free talk by Ethan Rainwater, who studied and documented the Natural Farming Technique as developed by Japanese farmer/philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka. Free at the Seed Bank

The practice of Natural Farming as developed by Japanese 
farmer/philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka (1913-2008), holds a wealth of 
relatively untapped potential for agroecosystem management. His method 
of no-till, direct-seeded rice/barley rotation yielded more grain than 
conventional agriculture with practically no external inputs, and he was
able to grow vegetables on underutilized land with hardly any effort at 
all. Based on intent observation of natural cycles, Fukuoka's 
"do-nothing" farming brings the farm system back into balance via a 
resilient polyculture. His ideas deserve more attention as we begin to 
contemplate low-input, post-petroleum agriculture.

Ethan Rainwater, B.S. Natural Resources, Cornell '06 has been studying 
and experimenting with organic agricultural techniques since 2003. This 
past summer he spent 3 months in Japan researching Fukuoka, and 
documenting what has become of his ideas in Japan and abroad.
Call the Seed Bank at 509-5171 for more information