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aimee70807's review against another edition
4.0
Precisely 100 years ago, the American author visited the eastern sections of China (along with Korea and Japan). He documented his journey with anecdotes, photos, and vivid prose.
I found the book intriguing as a glimpse into a traditional, organic agriculture system. Read my full review of Farmers of Forty Centuries (with an emphasis on permaculture) on my blog.
I found the book intriguing as a glimpse into a traditional, organic agriculture system. Read my full review of Farmers of Forty Centuries (with an emphasis on permaculture) on my blog.
loppear's review against another edition
3.0
Fascinating blend of turn-of-the-century steam and rail and rickshaw travelogue through the Far East, but entirely focused on a technical analysis of farming productivity and management. Pushes a central message that US practices of large low-labor farming were/are based on extractive depletion of the soil's resources, compared to the high-labor intensive cyclical management of compost - reuse of all wastes - and irrigation that have sustained generations on much less cultivated land area.
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