By raising tall trees for windbreaks, citrus underneath, and a green manure cover down on the surface, I have found a way to take it easy and let the orchard manage itself!

Left alone, the earth maintains its own fertility, in accordance with the orderly cycle of plant and animal life.

We receive our nourishment from the Mother Earth. So we should put our hands together in an attitude of prayer and say "please" and "thank you" when dealing with nature.

Of course, I have made mistakes . . . just as every grower does. However, I never really think of them as mistakes!

The healing of the land and the purification of the human spirit is the same process.

Unless people can become natural people, there can be neither natural farming nor natural food.

When a decision is made to cope with the symptoms of a problem, it is generally assumed that the corrective measures will solve the problem itself. They seldom do. Engineers cannot seem to get this through their heads. These countermeasures are all based on too narrow a definition of what is wrong. Human measures and countermeasures proceed from limited scientific truth and judgment. A true solution can never come about in this way.