Back to Basics

As stated by Masanobu Fukuoka, „the reason why man's improved techniques seem to be necessary is that the natural balance has previously been disturbed by the same techniques to such an extent that the land has become dependent on them”, such imbalance and human dependence is present in every city. And, it's also why doctors and medicine become necessary when people create an unhealthy environment, one can sense that drugs and alcohol seem necessary when people live and think in an unhealthy environment i.e. cycle of addiction, like the streets.

(Reference: Der Große Weg - Masanobu Fukuoka)

In an attempt to return to balance, The Monku Farm paints a picture of an environment that reconnects with body and mind upon life on the streets.

In this picture, an organic farm welcomes those in need and offers a path back to natural balance, based on Masanobu Fukuoka’s teachings, where the cultivation is as simple as possible within and in connection to the natural environment. Contrary to the modern attitude of using complex technologies to transform nature for the benefit of mankind. The farmers in need are welcomed by simplicity in which the mind moves towards an earthly research on spiders and leaf fleas which also considers a relationship between the frogs and spiders.

Cycle Shift

Running from one bottle and hit to the next high, then low, in the streets this cycle is contained with pain that affects body and mind in different ways. Like washing down liquor with beer. It is a hope, where, if the only thought in your mind is the next high, now surrounded by ease, one can move towards the next harvest or taking care of the flower you planted yesterday. In a simple and healthy environment, like an Onigiri, surrounded by positive scents, organic cotton and a formal sense of belonging, the farm scribbles the signature of enjoying a glass of water and returning to un-swollen hands again.

Direct Seeding

Following the spirit of Masa-san, the farmers yearn a pleasant cultivation method designed to make work easier instead of harder within and in relation to the natural world. It is unnecessary to plough, use commercial fertilizer, prepare compost or use insecticides. The farmer reconnects and works with foundations like clover, straw and soil. Direct seeding. Gentle techniques with straw mulch and clover seed for the cultivation. Directly after harvesting to suppress the germination of weeds. Ducklings serve as small grazing animals and farm friends. In Fukuoka's framework, the work routine on the field is a detox for the mind. So that eventually, you can become one with the ducklings, and turn the bottle into care.

The Onigiri

In this Onigiri, one yearns return to discipline in synergy to a natural balance of the field. Everybody can start from 0, if at a certain health, in their own boundaries of body and mind; so that you may:

• Break the cycle of addiction,
• Return to a degree of discipline,
• Cleanup from stench with natural shampoo,
• Strenghten the body with rest and medical checkups,
• Experience a sense of belonging again,
• Re-gain self-respect in organic uniforms, and
• Improve your diet in honor to the field.

In this sensible spirit: Don't gobble down the bread, eat it with love, with love for the people who baked it and brought it to you.

Organic Return

The Monku Farm is an environment welcoming those in need to reconnect with their body and mind in natural balance as farmers. Funded and initiated by Trust today xyz Ltd.