02/03/2021 / Last updated : 02/03/2021 Sachiaki Takamiya fermented food

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.

05/12/2020 / Last updated : 05/12/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya local network

Setting Up an Organic School Lunch Promotion Committee

We set up an organic school lunch promotion committee today.

27/10/2020 / Last updated : 27/10/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya local network

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.

06/09/2019 / Last updated : 29/07/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya holistic life

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.

30/08/2019 / Last updated : 29/07/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya holistic life

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.

23/08/2019 / Last updated : 29/07/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya holistic life

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.

20/07/2019 / Last updated : 25/07/2022 Sachiaki Takamiya organic farming

Natural Farming by Yoshikazu Kawaguchi

Sustainable agriculture “Natural Farming” Yoshikazu Kawaguchi

22/06/2019 / Last updated : 30/07/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya organic farming

Soybean Planting

soybean planting. Natural farming.

03/06/2019 / Last updated : 14/08/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya organic farming

Onion Harvesting

It is time to harvest onions. It is a little earlier than usual. We had a lot of hot days in May and plants are growing faster this year.

19/05/2019 / Last updated : 13/08/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya organic farming

Can Ikigai Diet Help Dementia? Part 4 Why Does Your Living Environment Matter to the Gut Microbiota?

The fact that many people in Blue Zones work in their garden and many people in Japanese Satoyama, where we find a lot of centenarians, grow rice and vegetables might suggest that they are healthy because they get enough exercises but also they are exposed to plenty of microbiomes in their daily life to create a rich gut microbiota.