【News】 Survey on Internet searching shows growing tendency to find agriculture-related jobs with keyword of “agriculture” (July 5, 2016)

A survey on what is searched with a Japanese keyword of “agriculture” through the Internet was conducted jointly by the Japan Agricultural News and Faber Company Inc., one of the major information technology corporations in Japan, headquartered at Minato-ku, Tokyo. According to the analysis on the survey, there is a growing tendency that the keyword of “agriculture” is searched through the Internet with additional words related to “labor.” It has been also found out that “agriculture” is the keyword for Website users mainly to look for information on how to join the farming sector as well as on agricultural businesses. The results of the survey were analyzed with the software … Continue reading

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【News】 Noh no IKEBANA: Let’s exhibit respective characters of each material                         (4) Keep leaves and roots of fruit vegetable to make powerful arrangement (July 1, 2016)

<Noh no Ikebana” is an art of arranging agricultural products together with agricultural implements and other familiar instruments. It’s a type of Ikebana but mainly for farmers. The series “Noh no Ikebana” will show you how to best feature the materials and containers you choose, with the help of fans of this style of Ikebana nationwide.> Fresh fruit vegetables often come in bright colors and are suitable for the arrangement to highlight the power of the agricultural products. Yellow corn, green peppers and red tomatoes are good examples. I try to keep their original shape when I use them in the arrangement. When I have a turnip or a Japanese … Continue reading

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【News】Bright red, orange and yellow safflowers in morning haze (July 7, 2016)

【News】Bright red, orange and yellow safflowers in morning haze (July 7, 2016) The busiest season for safflower farmers has begun in Takase area,Yamagata-shi. Yamagata Prefecture. The farmers pick the flowers in early morning when the thorns surrounding the flowers and the leaves are softened by the morning dew. This way, they don’t get the thorns in their fingers. The flowers are used to produce dye, and the picking season goes through until mid-July. There are safflower fields of approximately 4 hectares in total in Yamagata-shi, according to Agricultural Cooperative (JA) Yamagata.

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【News】Dietary milk intake during pregnancy can reduce postpartum depression risk: Ehime University (June 17, 2016)

Drinking cow’s milk during pregnancy can reduce or prevent symptoms of postpartum depression, according to the study report released on June 16, 2016, by Ehime University. This new function of the milk was revealed for the first time in the world, according to the university, and may come under spotlight as an additional value of milk which has high nutritious value. The researchers said, compared with the group of new mothers with no dietary milk intake during pregnancy, the group of new mothers with the highest dietary milk intake of 187.5 grams per day on average had a halved risk of postpartum depressive symptoms (51%). No such relevance was observed … Continue reading

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【News】 JA and residents work together at revitalizing depopulated rural community with their own micro hydro (July 3, 2016)

Hida Agricultural Cooperative (JA) based at Hida-shi, Gifu prefecture, plans to operate a micro hydroelectric power station, so-called micro hydro, jointly with a company named “Sugo-Mirai (future) Development” which was set up by all the residents of 61 families living at a rural community of “Sugo” in Hida city. JA Hida and people of the “Sugo” community have agreed to cooperate in revitalizing the aging society by reclaiming abandoned farmlands as well as maintaining waterways in the village with incomes from selling electricity generated by hydro power. All the members of the “Sugo” community invested 3 million yen in total to establish the “Future Development” company in 2015 and signed … Continue reading

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