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The Farmers
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi at his Akame Open Farm School in Nara, Japan (photo, P.M. Lydon / Final Straw)
Seonghyun Choi at his natural rice farm after harvest time in Hongcheon, South Korea (photo, P.M. Lydon / Final Straw)
A natural farming student at Akame Open Farm School in Nara, Japan (photo, P.M. Lydon / Final Straw)
Maki Sobajima, children’s farm coordinator at Akame Open Farm School in Nara, Japan (photo, P.M. Lydon / Final Straw)
Chef Shinnosuke and natural farmer Murakame at their joint restaurant venture in Itoshima, Japan (photo, P.M. Lydon / Final Straw)
Natural farming teacher Etsko Kagamiyama at her farm in Itoshima, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon / Final Straw)
Natural farmers Ieooji Mamoru and Yoko Kakaguchi in Itoshima, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon / Final Straw)
Ryoseok Hong at his natural farm in Yeoncheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon / Final Straw)
Korean natural farmers survey conditions on a winter field in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon / Final Straw)
Osamu Yoshino at his natural agriculture farm in Chiba Prefecture, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Osamu Yoshino at his natural agriculture farm in Chiba Prefecture, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Fuminori Yamamoto and his son, Daisuke, at their natural no-till rice field in Inashiki, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Natural green tea farmer Yoshiki Yamamoto at his processing facility in Koka, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Okitsu-san and his wife on their natural farm in Awa, Shikoku, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
The Directors
Director Patrick Lydon at Ryoseok Hong’s natural farm in Yeoncheon, South Korea (Photo: Suhee Kang | Final Straw)
Director Suhee Kang at Ryoseok Hong’s natural farm in Yeoncheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Directors Suhee Kang and Patrick Lydon during a study session at Seonghyun Choi’s natural farm in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: Final Straw)
Final Straw Director Patrick Lydon with natural farmer Yoshikazu Kawaguchi, translator Kaori Tsuji, and farming student Maki Sobajima at Kawaguchi’s home in Nara, Japan (Photo: Final Straw)
Final Straw Directors Patrick Lydon and Suhee Kang with natural farmers Etsko Kagamiyama and Kenji Murakame at their farm in Itoshima, Japan (Photo: Ohio)
Final Straw Director Patrick Lydon with natural farmer Yoshikazu Kawaguchi at his farm in Nara, Japan (Photo: Kaori Tsuji)
The Farms
Rice drying at Ryoseok Hong’s natural farm in Yeoncheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon / Final Straw)
Rice harvest at 최성현 Seonghyun Choi’s natural farm in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi’s home farm garden in Nara, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Okitsu natural farm in Awa, Shikoku, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Naturally-farmed rice in Japan (Photo: Patrick Lydon | Final Straw)
Rice seedlings waiting to be planted at 최성현 Seonghyun Choi’s natural farm in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Natural farms of Etsko Kagamiyama and Kenji Murakame in Itoshima, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Rice harvest at 최성현 Seonghyun Choi’s natural farm in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi’s Open Farm School in Nara, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
The Farming
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi at his home natural farm garden in Nara, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | FInal Straw)
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi gives a lecture at his Open Farm School in Nara, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | FInal Straw)
Chanjun Jeon (aka: Rockstar) cuts rice during harvest in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Rice threshing using foot-power during harvest in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Rice threshing using foot-power during harvest in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Rice harvest by hand in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi gives a lecture at his Open Farm School in Nara, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | FInal Straw)
Rice planting by hand in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Rice planting by hand in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
The Details
Naturally-farmed rice in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Naturally-farmed peas at Etsko Kagamiyama’s farm in Itoshima, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Natural pest-control (aka, huge Japanese spiders) at Etsko Kagamiyama’s farm in Itoshima, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Rice planting by hand in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Rice seedlings waiting to be planted at 최성현 Seonghyun Choi’s natural farm in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Rice seedlings waiting to be planted at 최성현 Seonghyun Choi’s natural farm in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Natural farm produce at a local market in Chiba, Japan (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Rice threshing using foot-power during harvest in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Rice planting by hand in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
Rice seedlings waiting to be planted at 최성현 Seonghyun Choi’s natural farm in Hongcheon, South Korea (Photo: P.M. Lydon | Final Straw)
