When we prune, it is not just shortening branches but also changing the energy flow of the plant. Therefore, we need to take extra care. One example is Logothetis Organic Farm in Greece. Many of the olive growers in his island prune at the same time of harvesting using chainsaws. The owner says it is […]

We once had a partner who grew oilseed tape in Ireland. It is very hard to find organic rapeseed producers. It is said that oilseed rape is easy to get attacked by insects, get disease, lose competition with weeds (there’s no plants called “weeds”, by the way, but I need to use this term in

I read a newspaper article about popular YouTube contents. To my surprise, videos which shows someone just eating are very popular. Now I understand this. I watched a cooking programme on BBC and after cooking the day’s recipe, the cook eat it so happily. I felt very happy to see how she eat the dish.

I received another feedback from people who are eating Natural Agriculture foods in Japan. I enjoy Natural Agriculture rice every day. I have been eating natural rice every day for a long time now, but once the natural rice ran out and I had to eat conventional rice. I have always had eczema and at that time it

“How to make cider vinegar at home”. I found this web page last night. It explained how apple juice turns cider and the cider becomes cider vinegar. In another post, the author explained how to make wine vinegar from grape juice from a supermarket. It is always interesting to know that invisible bacteria are helping

I didn’t know that there were so many time lapse videos on YouTube which show how plants grow from a seed. When a fruit falls on the ground the berry goes off, then covered with mold. But the seeds inside are still living and start germination. It seems this tiny new life is growing by

Hudson valley seed company is protecting heirloom variety seeds in the United States. They are famous for art works on the packaging. Real Seeds company is also saving seeds of heirloom varieties in the UK. They encourage their customers to save the seeds and not to buy them again. Now, it’s getting harder and harder

Seed is very important. It has a memory of the land. There are heirloom seeds, F1 seeds, GMO seeds, etc. It’s hard to tell which variety is which type of the seed unless you studied it. Most of the F1 seeds can produce only one generation but all the plants would bear similar characteristics of

I read a comment from someone who likes drinking green tea in Japan. It seems that Natural Agriculture foods will balance our body’s functions. Mrs T (81 years old) has been drinking Natural Agriculture green tea for two years. Before that, she never used to sweat even in summer (it becomes over 30 degrees everyday