Masanobu Fukuoka

Born 1913-02-02 · Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Died 2008-08-16

Masanobu Fukuoka (1913-2008) 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".