Farmers exchange drives global food knowledge in Saitama trip
Ten Kansans joined a Japan Foundation program to study sustainable farming with nine Japanese partners in Ogawa, Saitama. The visit highlighted aging farmers, scarce premium cropland, and rising interest in global food systems. Kaneko farm showcased pesticide-free practices since 1971 and soil replenishment, inspiring cross-cultural farmer collaboration.
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Saitama
Japan
Japan Foundation Center For Global Partnership
Lawrence
Kansas
Ogawa
Tokyo
Yoshinori
Tomoko Kaneko
Yoshinori Kaneko
Kaneko
Upcoming events with global partners for local organic foods
Recognition ceremony honors Kansas pioneers of local organic foods at Liberty Hall on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Tickets $5, advance via Community Mercantile Local Burger and Liberty Hall. Also an 8:30 a.m. Saturday session at Lawrence Farmers Market with Japanese professionals. and a June 29 public forum at the Lawrence Visitor Center to compare organic movements in Japan and Lawrence. See/gplof.org for details.
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Kansas
Liberty Hall
Community Mercantile
Local Burger
Lawrence
Japan
Lawrence Visitor Center
Second St
Gplof.org
Kanekos
Ogawa farming and community food initiatives note
Jennifer Smith of Douglas County Extension highlights year round greenhouses, trellis vine systems, and extensive row covers used by Kaneko farms. Ogawa hosts a municipally owned Biogas Plant and food waste collection for underground anaerobic digestion producing methane and liquid fertilizer. Local school Jiyumomori Gakuen serves only locally grown organic food.
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Kanekos
Ogawa
Jiyumomori Gakuen
Father’s Day gift ideas and vintage cufflinks trend
A column traces Father’s Day origins from 1910 and the 1972 official recognition, notes cufflinks as a priced gift range from ten to over one thousand dollars, and highlights Ed Wiener pieces as valuable modern silver and gold jewelry. It also mentions alternative collectibles like sports memorabilia and a Goshen Manufacturing Co glider set with a late 1930s date, repainted and sold for about two hundred dollars.
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Sonora Smart Dodd
William Smart
Congress
Dad
Ed Wiener
Greenwich Village
Wiener
Goshen Manufacturing Co
Goshen, Indiana
Turing Co
Gleason Industries
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Jennifer Smith
Journal-World
Bob Lominska
Hoyland Farm
Satoko Miyoshi
Scott Allegrucci
Katherine Kelley
Allegrucci
Kelley
Lawrence Farmers’ Market
New Hampshire Street
Douglas County
K-State Research and Extension
Thjen
Ksu
Container Gardens
Rae
UCR Gerton
Clinton
Cowles Syndicate Inc. Photo
Lambertville
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