{"title":"Okada Tea Farm","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4578\/products\/CIMG0336_6d590bbe-8e92-4ba2-b5d4-921f582d436d_480x480.jpg?v=1595253851\" alt=\"Okada Tea Farm\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 0 2em;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Okada Tea Farm produces organic tea in Shizuoka and has been practicing cultivation with the Natural Farming (自然農法;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShizen Nouhou\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein Japanese) philosophy for over 50 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe family farm and business began with Eiichi Okada, who took up tea farming in hopes of offering a safe and healthy tea that people could drink without fear of harmful toxins. Applying the Natural Farming philosophy to tea farming was not easy, and it took many years of experimentation and field development before he could create viable tea products.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContinuing his father's passion, Takashi Okada, expanded the farm achieving a scale allowing the family to produce his pesticide-and-chemical-free tea at commercial levels. Today, grandson Shigehiro Okada is continuing the family tradition at the Okada Tea Farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a successful farm, the Okada Tea Farm operates their own processing factory and has the production capacity to aggregate tea from other farms. They have been proactive in developing and nurturing other tea producers who wish to specialize in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eatural \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003earming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emethod. Among these farmers is Tatsushi Kishi, who has been collaborating with Okada Tea Farm for many years and sells 80% of Kishi-san's aracha or unrefined tea leaves are sold to Okada Tea Farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMokichi Okada's Natural Farming\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNatural F\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003earming\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emethod was first proposed in 1935 by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mokichi_Okada#Nature_Farming\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Mokichi Okada\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eMokichi Okada\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein Japan who drew inspiration for this agricultural philosophy by placing importance on the health and well-being of the people. It is a farming method which relies on the vitality of the living soil, without the use and reliance of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Instead, fertilizer is often produced from dead grass (similar to the concept of compost) and is returned to the fields to produce healthy crops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultivation does not use pesticides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultivation does not use chemical fertilizers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultivation only uses natural material found on the farm as fertilizer creating a closed system (grass and dried leaves are laid into the soil around the tea fields).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0926\/4578\/collections\/okada-tea-farm-688002.jpg?v=1663992773","url":"https:\/\/yunomi-jp.pro\/en-fr\/collections\/okada-tea-farm.oembed","provider":"yunomi-jp.pro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}