Life On A Small Farm Might Seem

Many People Think That When We Practice Agriculture, Nature Is Helping Us In Our Efforts To Grow Food. This Is An Exclusively Human-centered Viewpoint... We Should Instead, Realize That We Are Receiving That Which Nature Decides To Give Us. A Farmer Does Not Grow Something In The Sense That He Or She Creates It. That Human Is Only A Small Part Of The Whole Process By Which Nature Expresses Its Being. The Farmer Has Very Little Influence Over That Process... Other Than Being There And Doing His Or Her Small Part.

The Final Principle Of Natural Farming Is No Pesticides. Nature Is In Perfect Balance When Left Alone.

Although Natural Farming - Since It Can Teach People To Cultivate A Deep Understanding Of Nature - May Lead To Spiritual Insight, It's Not Strictly A Spiritual Practice.

Of Course, I Have Made Mistakes . . . Just As Every Grower Does. However, I Never Really Think Of Them As Mistakes!

Left Alone, The Earth Maintains Its Own Fertility, In Accordance With The Orderly Cycle Of Plant And Animal Life.