《As a farmer, we protect the region, the environment, traditions, and food》
Farmers don't just grow crops!
1. Protect the community
The number of fields entrusted to us is increasing every year due to the aging of the population and the shortage of workers. Every year, we increase the area we grow rice, beans, and baby leaves. We are thinking of a form of agriculture that can be passed on to everyone, not just us.
2. Protect the environment
We protect biodiversity through cultivation that does not rely on pesticides and chemical fertilizers, and we are engaged in recycling-oriented agriculture by utilizing resources that would otherwise be discarded.
In addition, we have focused on the problem of neglected bamboo forests, which has become a problem in recent years, and we manufacture purely domestic menma that has been used for bamboo forest maintenance.
We aim to be a satoyama that can be preserved for the future.
3. Preserve tradition
In Mt. Tamba Sasayama, there was a custom called Tamba Mori who went to work as a brewer as a brewer during the winter when crops could not be produced.
I was taught by the former brewer farmers who still remain, and I started making rice koji. Koji is the cornerstone of Japan food. The charm, depth and enjoyment of koji are passed on to familiar beings.
4. Protect food
To eat is to live. Our bodies are made up of what we eat.
As the person who grows and makes the food, we do not use anything that is delicious and kind to the body, but unnecessary things.
In farming, we are sincerely facing the thoughts of everyone in the community, not only for our own profit-making purposes, but also for how to protect "farmland" and "food" in the future.