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One of the most eminent contemporary agricultural thinkers shows us why (and how) to put an end to the ecological war against nature. In this new work, Masanobu Fukuoka identifies the role that man played in the creation of these great deserts, these “peeled” lands which were once fertile plains and valleys. He shares with us his proposals to reverse this devastating trend before it is too late. For fifty years, he has in fact experimented with ways to reduce the energy and effort deployed without reducing crop yields, at the same time improving the fertility of the land. Trusting in the immanent wisdom of natural processes, he developed a method that rejects conventional notions of modern scientific agriculture to make way for a gentle approach that accords and responds harmoniously to the elements and cycles of nature. By pushing back against the scientific complacency that absorbs the energies and imaginations of contemporary man, Fukuoka reminds us that there was a time when we were one with nature and that this is probably where our salvation and that of the planet lies.