Conservation Book Club

Chaplain ARea trails ’ Conservation book club will meet Tuesday, august 13th, from 5 pM - 6 Pm.

"The One-Straw Revolution" by Masanobu Fukuoka.  Whether you’re a guerrilla gardener or a kitchen gardener, dedicated to slow food or simply looking to live a healthier life, you will find something here—you may even be moved to start a revolution of your own.

Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book “is valuable to us because it is at once practical and philosophical. It is an inspiring, necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture.”

Trained as a scientist, Fukuoka rejected both modern agribusiness and centuries of agricultural lore. Over the next three decades he perfected his so-called “do-nothing” technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort.

“Japan's most celebrated alternative farmer...Fukuoka's vision offers a beacon, a goal, an ideal to strive for.”—Tom Philpott, Grist

REGISTRATION: If you are interested in joining on Zoom, email bookclub@champlainareatrails.com. Once registration is confirmed, we will send the Zoom link the day before the meeting.

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