What is ”kanpomai” or herbal medicine rice?”Kanpomai” or ”herbal medicine rice” is an unfamiliar term. Is it rice that is used to make herbal medicine? The correct answer is ”rice that is grown using herbal medicine”. ”Isn’t this beautiful?” ”kanpomai” grower Masayuki Furukawa said, showing us ”Tenyo” rice. Furukawa was born on a farm and took after the family business. He said he was just an ordinary farmer at first. About 15 years ago, he switched to organic farming. |
On the road to success with ”kanpomai””When I first heard about using herbal medicine, I was suspicious. But the tomato grown using herbal medicine was delicious.” He explains his first encounter with herbal medicine produce. An acquaintance’s child who disliked tomatoes ate the ”kanpo” tomato. They both thought the tomato was delicious. This could be the real thing he thought, and began studying herbal medicine agriculture. There was a Chinese medicine shop owner in Tochigi Prefecture who practiced herbal medicine agriculture, so Fukukawa and a local colleague commuted there for training. |
Wanting to be particular despite the expensesIt was not successful from the beginning. There was a decline in terms of yield. His parents told him to quit immediately. ”But you now, by nature, I can’t give up until I take it to the limit. I told myself I should give it at least 3 years.” |
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- Rice farmer Masayuki Furukawa
- 2-64 Gozen Minami, Koriyama, Fukushima