[Kita Kiyoshi from Hokuryu Town takes the stage] Forum in Fukagawa introducing initiatives in and outside Hokkaido to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

The Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) operates an internet site called “Hokkaido Shimbun Digital”, which has published an article dated November 8th entitled “Forum in Fukagawa introducing efforts within and outside of Hokkaido to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture”. We would like to introduce this article to you.

The article states.Hokuryu TownLooking back on the more than half a century of reduced-pesticide rice cultivation that has continued in the town, Kitase Hirokuni, a rice producer, pointed out, "We must not let the relationships of trust we have built up with consumers over decades (as the area of cultivated land expands) break. The issue is how to pass it on to the next generation."

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