The Passing of Masanobu Fukuoka
It has come to my attention through the Austin Permaculture Guild’s listserv that Masanobu Fukuoka, the pioneer of natural farming in Japan, died at his home in Iyo, Ehime Prefecture on Saturday. He was 95.
“I, as one of millions, will cherish and spread his memory as far and wide and well as I can for as long as I can,” Dick Pierce wrote in a recent email. “I know that people we teach will teach others, and others… so that the flame will grow, not wither. Truth is eternal. He humbly spoke the truth to all that would listen. In his passing, let us pray and work toward the day when all will listen.”
I take solace in these words because I know that, despite the fact that I will never learn directly from the man, I still have a chance to learn from those who learned from him. Fukuoka only entered my consciousness for the first time a month or two ago, but I now have a feeling that he’ll ever leave it.
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