"Why do you have to develop?
If economic growth rises
from 5% to 10%, is happiness going to double? What's wrong with a growth rate of 0%? Isn't this a rather stable kind of economics? Could there be anything better than living simply and taking it easy? "

People find something out; learn how it works, and put nature to use, thinking this will be for the good of humankind. The result of all this, up to now, is that the 87 planet has become polluted, people have become confused, and we have invited in the chaos of modern times.

At this farm, we practice "do-nothing" farming and cat wholesome and delicious grains, vegetables, and citrus. There is meaning and basic satisfaction just in living close to the source of things. Life is song and poetry.

Lines form The book One-Straw Revolution, by Masanobu Fukuoka