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This booklet is a sequel to the last year’s edition, which started our attempt to showcase the “destination of collective thought” that had arisen from the Great East Japan Earthquake and the accompanying nuclear plant accident in 2011. This time, our efforts led us to examine what thread can be spun by focusing on agriculture in the Tohoku region and linking past, present and future.
This booklet is based on rich discussions held at the Forum of Community Power, for which CSO Network Japan plays the secretariat role. The Forum takes stock of efforts across the nation in which local communities take on a leading role in designing the future of their own community, paying a particular attention to the locally-led recovery efforts for the Great East Japan Earthquake and the nuclear plant disaster – thereby questioning the current dominant economic discourse of centralization, growth and development.
(excerpt from “Preface”)
Contents
| Preface | Board Chair CSO Network Japan Katsuji Imata |
| Towards a Glorious Future of Farming – Togetherwith City Dwellers | Writer-Farmer, Advisor of Takahata Kyosei JukuKanji Hoshi |
| Development from within and Regional Strength | Co-President Pacific Asia Resource Center Tadaaki Oe |
| A Bright Future for Tohoku’s Food and Farming Culture Beyond the Disaster― Agriculture’s Value and Region’s Strength ― | President Fukushima Organic Agriculture Network Seiji Sugeno |
| The Move to Build a New Rural Community, Illustrated by the Naruko Rice Project | Associate professor Department of Geography and Environmental Studies Kokushikan University Tadayuki Miyachi |
| Regional Leaders to Pave the Way To the Future | Higurashi Farm Akihiro Asami |
| Will Food Regain a “Firm Relationship” between Urban and Rural Areas? | Production manager DAICHI o MAMORUKAI, Inc. Tetsuya Ebisudani |
| Organic Festa Organic farming as a Starting Point to Widen the Circle of Producers and Consumers | Professor Akita Prefectural University Yoshimitsu Taniguchi |
| Companies’ Reconstruction Support – Towards a New Relationship Between Urban and Rural Areas – | Executive Director CSO Network Japan Kaori Kuroda |
| Small Farmers Around the World Advocate Food Sovereignty and the Restoration of Agriculture | Board Chair Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES) Koyu Furusawa |
| Diary of a Visit to Araku, South-east India | Associate Professor Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Fukushima University Kumpei Hayashi |
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