Acting with the World

What if humans acted with nature, not on it? What would farming look like if we stopped trying to master and dominate the environment? According to Andrew Pickering, the no-plowing, no-weeding form of farming developed by Masanobu Fukuoka is a shining example of poiesis, an acting-with that attunes human activity to the propensities of natural phenomena. Andrew Pickering, Acting with the World: Agency in the Anthropocene Duke University Press, 2025 (Image on main page by Jim O’Neil.) The post Acting with the World appeared first on KPFA.