This book inspired many individuals intent on making agriculture more sustainable, such as Toyohiko Kagawa who pioneered forest farming in Japan in the 1930s.
Ova knjiga je inspirisala mnoge u pokušaju izgradnje održivih poljoprivrednih sistema, kao na primer Toyohiko Kagawa, koji je bio pionir šumske poljoprivrede u Japanu tokom 1930-tih.