Miracle Apples

Wed, 01/19/2011 - 12:17 — Ragu

This book called "Miracle Apples" traces the remarkable journey of Akinori Kimura, a Japanese farmer who succeeded in growing apples without pesticides. His apples are so pure that a sliced apple doesn't turn brown even after 2 years. They just shrink in size. Today, his harvests are booked several years in advance but 25 years ago, his life was nothing but a struggle. And this struggle seems to have created a saint-farmer out of him much like Fukuoka. I started reading this online book (24 small chapters) at 10 pm one night and just couldn't stop. There are many goose bump moments and many teary moments and there remains the question of why he needed to struggle so much in those days for for knowledge that is so obvious today. But the greatest thing about the story is that at each and every critical juncture, he chooses the right path. No backups, no confusions. I can only salute this guy's spirit. Highly recommended for reading.

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Comments

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 13:48 — Arati (not verified)

FYI Natural farming model in Gujarat

Enjoyed reading your blog and your adventures. You may already know about Mr.Bhaskar Save in South Gujarat and his natural farming (observing and honoring nature's processes in all stages of farming). http://thankindia.org/mother-earth-organic-farm/baskar-save/

Good wishes!

Sun, 07/03/2011 - 13:18 — Jayadeep (not verified)

Miracle Apple

Mircale apple indeed! Thank you for the link, finished reading in one stretch!

Tue, 02/08/2011 - 08:47 — shoban (not verified)

Thanks for the link/Book. I

Thanks for the link/Book. I could not believe someone is so dedicated to get organic apples. Hat's off to Kimura and also the message he conveyed is pretty good.

Keep up the good work.

Sun, 02/06/2011 - 15:12 — Naveej (not verified)

Good one

Hi Raghu,

There is always a surprise, whenever I visit your site. This is exceptional stuff. Kimura-san's Sensational journey is a must read, just not only for people interested in organic farming.

Keep on coming!!

Naveej

Fri, 01/28/2011 - 07:49 — Madhavi (not verified)

Thanks for the link to this

Thanks for the link to this wonderful book. Got to your website from csm-faana blog. Nice to see many people moving towards a more sustainable lifestyle. looking forward to reading about your experiments.

I am madhavi from HYD, have a lot of interest in plants, growing then after reading about so many doing organic farming I have also started to read and learn as much as I can - have an individual house so I keep experimenting and trying to learn - hopefully someday i will be able to get some larger land to do more experiments - for now just reading up and learning.

madhavi

Wed, 01/19/2011 - 17:07 — Azagappan (not verified)

Thanks for sharing this

As you said, I couldnt stop reading this book. Thanks for sharing, my hopes are getting bigger.

Thanks

Azagappan PS