Man Leaves City to Create Beautiful Permaculture Farm

14 years ago, Crispin Moorey quit his city job to start a beautiful permaculture farm and homestead in the Japanese countryside together with his wife Kazumi. Dissatisfied with their life in the city, they craved a deeper connection to nature. Their unique off-grid permaculture farm and homestead includes many self-built structures such as a yurt, a shed and a barn as well as a productive mandala garden. Crispin's permaculture farm is a great example of regenerative agriculture and shows that it is possible to carve out a living from taking good care of Mother Earth. Crispin and his wife add value to the crops they grow by turning them into delicious shelf-stable products first, processing and packaging everything in-house before selling them directly to their customers across Japan.

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[GrowingSmall]

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[FlyingHagiss]

29 years old and sick of my money driven life. I have always dreamed of being off grid. This man is very inspiring, I don't want kids until I can achieve this lifestyle. I hope my dreams come true one day.

[chocomojo]

He didn't find his paradise, he grew it!!

[manatag]

"understanding word 'enough' is important." <3
in a world where nothing is ever "enough", this is one of the most important lectures you can learn in your life.

[davidniquot]

I'm in the exact same spot as "Mr England", appart from the fact that i built in Franceinstead of Japan. I lived in a tent for 2 years while i was planting fruit trees (a little less then 100) and building a 20m2 shed to live till the house is built.
Difference is that i use nearly 0 petrol (10l a year) but i built my solar panel system and all my tools works on it (jointer/planer, table saw, saws, drills, mower .... etc)
And like Mr English ... i'm living connected to the rythm of nature.

[melodyhess]

This is my life when I retired going back to my beautiful country Philippines!!

[Burlykim]

“Understanding ENOUGH is important…”. That hits hard. So true. ❤

[portraitsofcleo]

I'm only 28 yrs old but i'm leaning towards this kind of life. I moved to the countryside last year to leave the city and be with nature. And it's the best thing I've done so far. I don't know what my life will be like here, but i'm excited to know what it's gonna be. 💚

[cameronkynard]

Now this is the life we all should be living. Great to see it

[finnegan]

His life philosophy is so inspiring and it really hits home, this is the life I am working towards

[joethedeer]

brought a smile to an old man's heart, thank you

[TheUndercoverPubReviewer]

I read many comments from people who are fed up with their way of life, who would like to have a life like the people in this video. But we don't dare to take the step, or we don't have enough resources. If only we were not so individualistic and selfish and could come together as a group. Many people could never do this alone, but maybe they could in a group.

[wawahage]

This so wholesome. I feel at peace watching this video.

[icecreamtruckog]

That is my dream made reality for this man and his family, Good on you Sir.

[jannisbille]

So inspiring and beautifully composed!

[krishkanth]

Beautiful. I am surprised that Japan being the land where Masanobu Fukuoka Sa was born and still not many people follow host natural farming methods. This guy is amazing.

[ReelBasileño]

Countryside life is the best, peaceful, relaxing close to nature.

[MrMarimero]

A jolly and hardworking old English man living in Japan and in a blissful and tranquil land and nature. Ideal life well away from modernity. However did not see anything about his family. May God bless and protect him.

[richardm]

As a fellow Englishman, I fully agree with his opinion of both city life and living in the countryside. I really couldn’t take the city anymore - the noise and air pollution, the crowds, etc were driving me insane. Here, I can go outside most nights and have a beautiful view of the stars. I just sit there watching the night sky with the sound of the running water and the birds and relax. The absence of noise from vehicles alone was fantastic. No noisy scooters delivering newspapers at 4am, no motorbikes, and no ambulances.

Our farm sits at 850 metres above sea level in a space cut out of the cypress and chestnut forest. There is a large stream with fish running through the property, which was a key selling point. Nearby bamboo groves also provide lots of takenoko in late April through May, there is plenty of foraging available and I will be enjoying chestnuts later in the year.

We have bears and monkeys here as well, but the boar, so far, are more troublesome. They can destroy a crop overnight I didn’t want to build fences, but it has to happen. Luckily, the land is terraced with large stone walls that will not require as many fences. I too will be regenerating this land. I’ve bought many species of fruit trees, blackberry, blueberry and grapes and we also got some bee hives that we hope to get filled. I have almost finished building a chicken coop and that, we hope, will supply us our eggs. I have the compost piles going and there is no lack of material on hand to do that.



It’s an old farmhouse, and needs some work. The electricity, for example, is only 15 amps; which seems insufficient but has been ok so far. On a positive note, our electric bill was only ¥2, 500 in April and water is free. To get upgraded to 30 amps requires paying for another line to be run and I imagine that won’t be cheap.

[phnxlife]

This is the way we should be all living, in tune with nature.