Taue, Rice Planting, at Terraced Rice Fields in Satoyama
On Saturday, I helped a friend plant rice at terraced rice fields near my house.
organic farming
We Started a Sunday Organic Morning Market
The Local Network Hino began a Sunday organic morning market last week, and we had the second market yesterday.
Planting Seeds in the Spring
On Sunday, I planted some seeds before it started raining. It began raining about one hour after I finished planting. It was perfect timing.
The Ikigai Diet Channel Was Introduced on the Website of the Apricot Centre in the U.K.
It was almost two years when I gave a talk and workshop at the Apricot Centre and they featured me again on their website, introducing my current activity, as well.
I Made Fermented Brown Rice with Local Organic Black Beans
You can make fermented brown rice with black beans, too, but usually, they are a little too big, but I found black beans just the right size for fermented brown rice.
Setting Up an Organic School Lunch Promotion Committee
We set up an organic school lunch promotion committee today.
A Meeting with the Board of Education on Organic School Lunch
As the Local Network Hino, we had a meeting with the board of education in our town today. We talked about the possibility of organic school lunch.
The Biodynamic Food&Cookbook
The Biodynamic Food&Cookbook and Wendy E. Cook. Wendy studied macrobiotic cooking before practicing biodynamic cooking.
It is based on a holistic understanding of health and the environment, and it goes well with the Ikigai Diet.
A Biodynamic Farm and Well-being Centre
The Apricot Centre on Huxhams Cross Farm a biodynamic farm in Dartington Devon. There were some synchronistic incidents happened on this trip such as bumping into Satish Kumar when I walked into Schumacher College( he is often away) and meeting my Emerson College senior at my talk. And now this magazine article. Wow! It looks like this trip does have some meanings for me.
Totnes Report A Sustainable Hub of the U.K.
Almond Thief is a hub of alternative people in Dartington and it has a great vibe. I managed to give a talk on a sustainable movement in Japan, and a workshop on the Ikigai Diet in Dartington, Devon.