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Masanobu Fukuoka
1913 – August 16, 2008
Japanese farmer and philosopher (1913–2008)
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Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified lands. He was a proponent of no-till, herbicide and pesticide-free cultivation methods from which he created a particular method of agriculture, commonly referred to as "natural farming" or "do-nothing farming".
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- Anniversary · August 16
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