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Sorry if this is off-topic, but it's Fukuoka-related and this thread keeps 
reminding me to ask around:

Would anyone on this list be willing to help me purchase one of his books 
from 
an online Japanese site?

Contact me off-list if you can help (or if you want to hear the long story 
behind my request)

Thanks to all,
Roman


 
Hi Robin,

Thanks for this.  

Fukuoka's way of communicating tends to lead to misunderstanding.  This is 
not 
just due to an East/West communications gap.  Even in Japan, he has always 
been 
an eccentric and outsider who was not understood by the majority.  Well, that 
in 
itself is also understandable.  If we have a deep direct insight into 
something, 
it can be very difficult, or even impossible, to communicate this adequately 
to 
others.  We have to struggle for words to express what cannot be expressed in 
words, because whichever word we chose, there is always a way to 
misrepresenting 
it.

In the present instance, I would guess that he uses the idea of loosening the 
soil with dynamite to tell us just how hard the soil was before and how much 
better it was then, after using his method for a number of years.  So, lets 
be 
clear about this, dynamite (even if he had actually used it at one point in 
time) has nothing to do with Fukuoka's farming method or idea of nature.  So 
much can be understood.

Dieter

PS: I have studied oriental culture and languages for nearly 40 years, lived 
many years in Japan and have experimented for over 10 years with natural 
farming 
in a semi-arid climate on poor soil that are as different from Fukuoka's 
native 
climate and soil as they can be. If I get some time, I will translate some 
other 
writings from the Japanese to show that natural farming is a reality and far 
more than Fukuoka.


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Thanks, Jocelyn!
Am loving my experiences with the folks at Permies thusfar.
Fran
P.S. I agree with people about a reason to watch when sending a link to a
video.
       Also nice if people are able to clip posts when they respond to them!