The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming: The Visionary Modern Classic cover

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming: The Visionary Modern Classic

by Masanobu Fukuoka

Leaving a career as a plant pathologist, the author took over the family farm in Japan consisting of rice fields and a mandarin orchard, where he developed and practiced pioneering methods of permaculture well before the term itself was coined. His account of his Zen-inspired way of sustainable agriculture has become a classic in the literature of permaculture.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?