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Is Fukuoka’s farming revolution still relevant?

Many decades after Masanobu #fukuoka first articulated his radical “do-nothing” #farming philosophy, the world finds itself trapped in precisely the agricultural crisis he predicted.
As #climatechange ravages farmland, chemical inputs poison waterways, and farmer suicides mount from crushing debt, the #japanese #philosopher-farmer’s warnings ring with #prophetic clarity. The question is not whether his alternative vision was right, but whether we have the courage to embrace it before it’s too late.

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Staff Writer
July 14, 2026
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