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Sowing Seeds in the Desert: Natural Farming, Global Restoration and Ultimate Food Security Hardcover – 28 May 2012

by Masanobu Fukuoka (Author)
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Fukuoka’s inspiring and international best-selling book, The One-Straw Revolution (1978), spoke directly to the growing movement of organic farmers and activists seeking a new way of life. For years after its publication, Fukuoka traveled the world spreading his teachings and developing a devoted following of farmers seeking to return to the truth of nature.

Sowing Seeds in the Desert, a summation of those years of travel and research, is Fukuoka’s last major work―and perhaps his most important. Fukuoka spent years working with people and organizations in Africa, India, south-east Asia, Europe and the United States, to show how you could grow food and regenerate forests with very little irrigation in the most desolate places. This revolutionary book presents Fukuoka’s plan to rehabilitate the world’s deserts and achieve global food security by using natural farming, including practical solutions for feeding a growing human population and providing a deep and renewed understanding of the relationship between human beings and nature.

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  1. Print length
    216 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Chelsea Green Publishing Co
  4. Publication date
    28 May 2012
  5. Dimensions
    13.97 x 2.54 x 20.96 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1603584188
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1603584180
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“This amazing book.” ― A World to Win

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Masanobu Fukuoka (1913–2008) was a farmer and philosopher. His best-selling book The One-Straw Revolution described his life’s journey, his philosophy, and farming techniques. This book has been translated into more than twenty-five languages and has helped make Mr. Fukuoka a leader in the worldwide sustainable-agriculture movement. He continued farming until shortly before his death in 2008, at the age of ninety-five.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chelsea Green Publishing Co (28 May 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1603584188
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1603584180
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 2.54 x 20.96 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 270 ratings

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  • Nicholas Greensmith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Eye opener
    Reviewed in Germany on 29 August 2022
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    Great book! Helps one question our way of life and brings global problems to attention.
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  • Saravanan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in India on 2 November 2019
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    Only fue people teach us truth
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  • Saaaailor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Arrived on time and inspires still!
    Reviewed in Spain on 5 September 2017
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    This and Fukuoka's "One Straw Revolution" arrived in the same package. Engaging writer, even in translation. Will change your ideas about gardening.
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  • Jesse
    5.0 out of 5 stars A rare and wonderful work of Mind, Body and Spirit!
    Reviewed in Canada on 13 September 2014
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    Fukuoka's gift of weaving philosophy with practical advice for the challenges we face in this era, is rare and wonderful. His passion for the natural world shines in each and every word. His strong belief that we can fix the damage we have done to the Earth is inspiring. I sincerely hope we can follow Mr Fukuoka's dream of a better world for all!
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  • DesertKat
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
    Reviewed in the United States on 12 June 2012
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    I was thrilled to see this book released. This book contains the last writings of Masanobu Fukuoka and they are about the desert regions of the world. I am from a long line of subsistence farmers on two continents and, as far as I know, the only one who has been a high desert grower. One Straw Revolution set my course as an ecological gardener/farmer in the high desert of CA over 25 years ago. This book is helping me realize why some of my experiments worked (and others didn't). To see desert lands addressed by Fukuoka in a way that makes sense to me as a micro-scale farmer is invaluable.

    On the personal side, I was able to take principles from One Straw Revolution and customize them to my desert environment and help feed my family and friends. From Sowing Seeds in the Desert, I am learning ways to continue growing in a marginal environment. The first book was a great inspiration. This current book is a great encourager.

    On a larger scale, our world is running short of arable land and our groundwater across the planet is being depleted rapidly. There isn't time for another ice age to lay down more deep wells of fossil groundwater. Honestly, we all - from backyard gardeners to commercial farmers - ought to be learning how to grow using water and the land with more wisdom. We need to learn to sit with the land, learn from it, and produce food in ways that make sense for our regions of the world. Along with Fukuoka, we would do well to look at indigenous ways of growing from our particular regions. If you allow it to, this book will inspire you to do just these things. In some places, this book is so strongly innovative that you may wonder - will this really work? I am absolutely betting my farm on Fukuoka. These principles have been working for us for many years.

    I would say that if you care on any level about natural/ecological farming, food justice, sustainable food systems, climate change, global ecological and/or cultural restoration, or even eating, you might very well benefit from this book.

    Incidentally, I deeply appreciate Larry Korn's translation. Even the footnotes are informative and helpful.
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