“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
Watch and try to unveil the mystery of Japanese Wagyu. English, French and Chinese Subtitles are available (Spoken only in Japanese).-
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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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【News】 “Brown Rice Coffee” launched with “home-grown flavor” by JA’s national business federation ZEN-NOH (July 2, 2016)
A new-type coffee specially blended with brown rice produced in Japan was just debuted this July by ZEN-NOH (National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations), JA’s (agricultural cooperative’s) national business organization, headquartered at Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. ZEN-NOH developed a manufacturing technology of processing an equal amount of roasted coffee beans and brown rice into “brown rice coffee” for brewing at home, which successfully makes good use of the flavor and sweetness of rice. “Brown rice coffee” is expected to appeal its originality in the domestic market of coffee and also make a contribution to an increase in rice consumption in the country. ZEN-NOH’s unique “brown rice coffee” is applicable to home brewers … Continue reading
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【News】 Japanese Government’s MAFF to invite chefs from overseas to spread “Japanese techniques” for cutting “wagyu” beef (June 30, 2016)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) will start a special program of spreading “Japanese beef cutting techniques” among overseas chefs, which cut round of beef and other parts of “wagyu (Japanese beef cattle)” into thinly sliced beef specially for Japanese cuisines such as “Yakiniku (Korean-style grilled meat)” and “Shabu-shabu,” one of Japanese hot pot dishes. In this program, MAFF invites 50 chefs from Western and Asian countries per year for three years from 2016, who are to learn unique techniques of meat cutting, including a slicing-beef technique developed in Japan. Overseas demand for round of “wagyu” beef is now limited and only a small amount of such parts of … Continue reading
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