Masanobu Fukuoka

Inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka’s principles of Natural Farming, Raghava decided to transform the coconut monoculture that he had inherited into a food forest without the use of any fertilisers, pesticides, cultivation or weeding.

Until his passing, 83-year-old Reddy would teach organic farming at his other farm in Doddaballapura, a village near Bengaluru.

Celebrated for pioneering shizen nōhō, which translates to natural farming, Fukuokais is considered to be one of the five giant personalities who inspired the organic farming movement.

Inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka, MK Kailash Murthy took up natural farming in 1988 and hasn't looked back since.