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“Speaking biologically, fruit in a slightly shriveled state is holding its respiration and energy consumption down to the lowest possible level. It is like a person in meditation: his metabolism, respiration, and calorie consumption reach an extremely low level. Even if he fasts, the energy within the body will be conserved. In the same way, when mandarin oranges grow wrinkled, when fruit shrivels, when vegetables wilt, they are in the state that will preserve their food value for the longest possible time.”
― The One-Straw Revolution
― The One-Straw Revolution
“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”
― The One-Straw Revolution
― The One-Straw Revolution
“Before researchers become researches they should become philosophers.”
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“Food and medicine are not two different things: the are the front and back of one body.”
― The One-Straw Revolution
― The One-Straw Revolution
“If 22 bushels (1,300 pounds) of rice and 22 bushels of winter grain are harvested from a quarter acre field, then the field will support five to ten people each investing an average of less than one hour of labour per day. But if the field were turned over to pasturage, or if the grain were fed to cattle, only one person could be supported per quarter acre. Meat becomes a luxury food when its production requires land which could provide food directly for human consumption. This has been shown clearly and definitely. Each person should ponder seriously how much hardship he is causing by indulging in food so expensively produced.”
― The One-Straw Revolution
― The One-Straw Revolution
Naresh’s 2024 Year in Books
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