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Our
Environment and Natural Agriculture
The greatest expression of Shumei's deep concern
for the health of our Earth is its commitment to the practice of the
Natural Agriculture method of growing food, a method that emphasizes
the integrity of nature and the purity of soil, water, and air. Underlying
Natural Agriculture is a profound reverence for Nature and its practice
is guided entirely by the intrinsic wisdom of Nature. Shumei's founder,
Mokichi Okada, who developed Natural Agriculture, envisioned it as
not only a means of cultivating pure and wholesome food but as an
art and spiritual practice. As an agricultural method it relies on
understanding the subtle physical relationships and spiritual bonds
that exist among all the elements involved in the cultivation of food:
the earth, sun, rain, wind, the farmer, the people who eat the food,
and the society in which they live. And its purpose is to foster the
health and wellbeing of all these elements.
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Overview
Principals and History
Articles
Natural Agriculture, Art, and Spirituality
Shinji Shumeikai Reaches Out to the Catskill Mountains
The Effect of Natural Agriculture
Diana Jerkins
The Shumei Earth Charter 2001
Natural Agriculture & Youth
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