Her farming methods were inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka after reading his book; The One-Straw Revolution in 1978 after it was first translated into English.
Os seus métodos de cultivo foron inspirados por Masanobu Fukuoka despois de ler o seu libro The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming (hai tradución ao castelán: La revolución de una brizna de paja) en 1977, tras ser traducido ao inglés.