Alternative Farming

Find info here to help yourself get ideas of how sustainable farming works, how you can learn from it, maybe visit some of these places.

Links

Konohara Family

They work on organic, sustainable farming in Fuginomiya.
English pamphlet (PDF, 7MB)

Shalom Hutte

Shalom Hutte is a small inn located in a natural setting in Azumino, Nagano-ken. At their restaurant they provide natural & healthy food and sweets with products from their natural farm.
They host once a month Natural Farming School at Shalom Hutte.
Azumino Natural Farming School 2008 pamphlet (PDF, 312KB, Japanese)
Their natural farming site here (Japanese).

Articles

Tei-kei farming practiced in Japan

Tei-kei is a Japanese direct-distribution system for agricultural produce in Japan. Consumers buy their food directly from farmers. Farmers produce what consumers need and get stable prices. No shops, no middlemen. It's a wonderful model of building a sustainable community based on a personalized agricultural system. It's organic, it's sustainable, and it benefits everyone in the human and plant world.