What books are available for learning Korean Natural Farming?
I have been searching all over the globe for many years wanting to get my hands on any and all literature on the subject of Korean Natural Farming. Please help me find them all!
Top answer
Master Cho's "Janong Natural Farming" Textbook
Printed in 2003
Translated by Rei Yoon
Link to Google Drive
From the KNF library
From the KNF library
Drafted by Claude from Office Hours and the books
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Sep 2026
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The human answers name Drake's recipe book and Master Cho's Janong textbook. The library adds these sources.
- The thesis-style work Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF has a chapter comparing phosphorus-solubilizing and nitrogen-fixing bacteria among Korean Natural Farming, organic, and conventional farming. (Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF, p. 5)
- The same work describes KNF as a system developed by Master Han Kyu Cho of the Janong Natural Farming Institute in South Korea. (Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF, p. 28)
- The Student's Manual, Basic Course lists the KNF inputs: plant juice, fruit juice, lactic acid bacteria, Oriental Healing Nutrient, fish amino acid, vinegars, sea water and water-soluble calcium. (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 8) It also includes a 2013 CTAHR fact sheet on lactic acid bacteria. (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 13)
- Cho's Solutions gives a lactic acid bacteria recipe. (Cho's Solutions, p. 19)
- Master Cho's Natural Farming Products deck covers bacterial mineral water on slide 187. (Office Hours Ep. 75, 23:29)
Drake also points to his YouTube channel, knffarm.com, and naturalfarminghawaii.net for recipes, courses, and farm tours. (Office Hours Ep. 3, 51:33) For beginners, Drake says to watch Pure KNF Solutions and Microbial Theory before the certification course. (Office Hours Ep. 99, 35:36)
The library does not list every KNF book. It also does not say where to get these documents.
Sources
- 35:36 Office Hours Ep. 99 (Oct 2023) — Frost Protection with KNF Medicine, Worm Castings, Boron · “then watch Pure KNF Solutions and Microbial Theory before the certification course”
- 23:29 Office Hours Ep. 75 (May 2023) — JMS Shelf Life, OHN Herb Reuse, Fermented Mixed Compost vs IMO5 · “slide 187 of his Natural Farming Products deck covers bacterial mineral water”
- 51:33 Office Hours Ep. 3 (Oct 2021) — Deep Litter IMO Storage, BIO vs FMC, and Disease-Free Pigs · “Drake's YouTube channel, knffarm.com, and naturalfarminghawaii.net have recipes, courses, and farm tours.”
- p. 5 Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF · “Natural Farming: Comparison of phosphorus-solubilizing and nitrogen-fixing bacteria among Korean Natural Farming, organic, and conventional farming”
- p. 13 Student's Manual, Basic Course · “Sustainable Agriculture August 2013 SA-8 Natural Farming: Lactic Acid Bacteria”
- p. 28 Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF · “Korean Natural Farming (KNF) is a sustainable system developed by Master Han Kyu Cho of the Janong Natural Farming Institute in South Korea”
- p. 8 Student's Manual, Basic Course · “Inputs include Fermented Plant Juice, Fermented Fruit Juice, Lactic Acid Bacteria, Oriental Healing Nutrient, Fish Amino Acid, Vinegars, Sea Water, and Water-Soluble Calcium.”
- p. 19 Cho's Solutions · “Lactic Acid Bacteria the most powerful microbe on Earth Recipe”
2 more answers
I have written a Recipe Book for KNF Solutions.
It is relatively rough in the current edition, which is why I also sell a limited edition with free updates.
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Sep 5, 2018
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