Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer who developed what many consider to be a revolutionary method of sustainable agriculture. He is also the author of "The One-Straw Revolution" and several other books examining both his philosophy and his method of farming.

This website is an outgrowth and extension of The Fukuoka Farming Mailing List. Both were created as a place where people interested in Fukuoka's method can network and share resources and experiences.

This is NOT a commercial website. It has no sponsors, no advertising, and sells nothing. It doesn't even claim that what Fukuoka says is valid or that his method works. What this site tries to do is to provide as much information about Fukuoka's thoughts and methods as possible, along with experiences people have had trying to use his method and follow his philosophy.

Initial construction of this website was completed in 2002. Additional development continued until November of 2003 when circumstances forced a temporary halt. The halt is over and maintenance and development has resumed. You are more than welcome to participate in this effort.

You can join the mailing list. You can also send comments, questions, and contributions via email to Website Support. Please do not send attachments as they will not be opened. Files can be transferred and shared via the anonymous-FTP function.

On this website the terms agriculture, farming, and gardening are considered to be synonymous and interchangeable, differentiated only by the size of implementation.

Masanobu Fukuoka no longer farms, nor are his methods used on what was his family's farm. As far as we know, the reasons for this are clearly known only by Fukuoka and his family. At last report he is still alive and living in Tokyo, but we do not have his address or telephone number. Nor is there direct communication between him and this website.