# Nature Farming
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{{Short description|Organic agricultural system founded in Japan}}
{{Distinguish|Natural farming}}
[[File:Sun Rice Kitchen organic bento opened.jpg|thumb|right|An organic [bento](/source/bento) made from ingredients grown using Nature Farming, sold at Kyusei Kaikan (the [Church of World Messianity](/source/Church_of_World_Messianity)'s headquarters in [Atami](/source/Atami))]]
{{nihongo|'''Nature Farming'''|[自然農法](/source/%3Aja%3A%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E8%BE%B2%E6%B3%95)|shizen nōhō}} is an [organic agricultural](/source/organic_farming) system established in 1936 by [Mokichi Okada](/source/Mokichi_Okada), the founder of the [Church of World Messianity](/source/Church_of_World_Messianity). It was also originally known as "no fertilizer farming".[Sustainable Agriculture: Definition and Terms. Special Reference Briefs Series no. SRB 99-02, September 1999. Compiled by: Mary V. Gold, Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture]
Offshoots such as the [Sekai Kyusei Kyo](/source/Church_of_World_Messianity), promoting ‘Kyusei nature farming’, and the Mokichi Okada Association formed after his death to continue promoting Nature Farming in Japan and Southeast Asia.[Setboonsarng, S. and Gilman, J. 1999. Alternative Agriculture in Thailand and Japan. HORIZON Communications, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.]
ZZ2, a farming conglomerate in South Africa has translated the term to [Afrikaans](/source/Afrikaans), "Natuurboerdery".[{{Cite thesis|last=Silent|first=Taurayi|title=An investigation of natuurboerdery (natural farming) approach : a ZZ2 case study|date=March 2011|publisher=Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch|url=http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/6694|language=en-ZA}}]
According to the International Nature Farming Research Center in [Nagano](/source/Nagano_Prefecture), Japan,[Scientific Proof of Mokichi Okada's Nature Farming Theories by Xu, Hui-lian. Agricultural Experiment Station, International Nature Farming Research Center, Nagano] it is based on the theories that:
* [Fertilizer](/source/Fertilizer)s pollute the soil and weaken its power of production.
* [Pests](/source/Pest_(organism)) would break out from the excessive use of fertilizers
* The difference in disease incidence between resistant and susceptible plants is attributed to nutritional conditions inside the body.
* Vegetables and fruits produced by nature farming taste better than those by [chemical farming](/source/Industrial_agriculture).
The term is sometimes used for an alternative farming philosophy of [Masanobu Fukuoka](/source/Masanobu_Fukuoka).
==Natural Farming==
{{Main|Natural Farming}}
Another Japanese farmer and philosopher, [Masanobu Fukuoka](/source/Masanobu_Fukuoka), conceived of an alternative farming system in the 1930s separately from Okada and used the same Japanese characters to describe it.[{{cite book|last=Xu|first=Hui-Lian|title=NATURE FARMING In Japan|type=Monograph|year=2001|publisher=Research Signpost|location=T. C. 37/661(2), Fort Post Office, Trivandrum - 695023, Kerala, India.|isbn=81-308-0111-6}}] This is generally translated in English as "[Natural Farming](/source/Natural_Farming)" although agriculture researcher Hu-lian Xu claims that "nature farming" is the correct literal translation of the Japanese term.