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Together with Nugizaka46, let's learn about domestic products!
The food consumed in Japan is produced in Japan as much as possible.
This is called "domestic product".
The current food supply rate in Japan is 38% calorie-based.
About 60% of food is imported.
If there are fewer rice fields and fields in Japan, and if importation from overseas is restricted due to disasters,
we may lose what we eat.
In this program, we will report on where and how domestic ingredients are made.
Nugizaka46 members who support J.A. Group's national promotion of domestic products will report on the site.
Hello, I am Yuna Shibata of Nugizaka46.
I am Miyu Matsuo.
We are in Takeoshi, Saga Prefecture.
There are many green fields.
It is spacious.
It feels good.
We are from Chiba Prefecture.
It is refreshing to see mountains surrounded like this.
The air is fresh.
It is spacious and we can start our day well.
That's right.
In this area, young farmers who are starting farming are growing their crops.
We will get this GoPro and find out why.
It is cute.
Hello.
Let's go!
Do you have any relatives who farm?
Relatives who farm?
When I was little, there was a field in the garden.
That's amazing.
I remember my grandmother growing eggplant, cucumbers and tomatoes.
That's amazing. There was a field.
I used to farm in the garden.
I used to grow strawberries and tomatoes.
You used to grow strawberries?
This time, the two of them will cover the efforts of the JA, which challenges people from different industries to enter the agricultural world and supports their independence.
Hello.
I'm Matsuo Miyu of Nagizaka46.
I'm Yuna Shibata.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Kitamura of JA Saga.
I'm Yamaguchi, a teacher of this training farm.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you for coming.
Thank you for having me.
The two of them are Kitamura of JA Saga Training Farm and Yamaguchi of Sennin Teacher.
The two of them will tell us about the efforts of the training farm.
Once again, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you for having me.
What kind of facility is a training farm?
A training farm is a facility built for people who want to start farming not from scratch, but by learning and receiving training here and reducing the risk of failure.
It is also a place for training new farmers and securing farmers.
That's great.
It's a place for farming.
When was the training farm built?
It was built in 2017.
That's recent.
That's right.
It will be the sixth year this year.
Sixth year.
That's great.
It's new, isn't it?
What kind of people are learning here?
People in their 20s and 40s are learning here.
Some young people graduate from college and come straight here.
Some people come here for work.
There are more people who are interested in agriculture than I thought.
People are working hard.
I'm a college student now, so I'm graduating and coming here.
What kind of curriculum do you learn for two years?
When you come here for the first year, you don't know anything.
People in their first and second years are taught a lot of things.
First of all, you learn the basics for a year.
In your second year, you learn something you've learned for a year.
You're in charge of this house.
You're in charge of it.
You think about it and do it yourself.
It's like a simulation of when you first started farming.
We're testing it to see if it helps you when you start farming.
You can manage it yourself for two years.
You can be a professional farmer.
For two years.
What kind of vegetables do you grow here?
Cucumber is the main ingredient in this facility.
In addition, there is a training farm for spinach, tomatoes, and strawberries in the county.
You said you'd be a professional farmer in two years.
How many people are you now?
I'm in my sixth year now, and there are 21 people in total.
Some people are married.
Of course, some people came here only as women.
How many generations do you count?
That's right.
Since you came as a seventh generation of cucumbers...
I hope you can experience it, so thank you for your cooperation.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Please come inside the house.
Wow!
Excuse me.
Wow!
It's wide!
Wow! It's deep!
How far is it?
Is it all cucumbers?
It's all cucumbers.
Wow!
It's been a while since I saw this cucumber spinning.
Oh, it's spinning.
It's spinning.
It's blooming!
It is!
Wow!
Look!
It's a yellow flower.
It's been a while since I saw a cucumber flower.
It's cute!
What is this blue thing?
What is it?
This blue duct is...
Yes.
It's a duct that circulates carbon dioxide into cucumbers.
There is a small hole here.
It's true.
It's small.
It's blooming.
Oh, it's this.
That's why it circulates carbon dioxide into cucumbers.
What?
Is it photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis?
Wow! You know it!
I learned it in science class.
The most important thing in photosynthesis is light.
Light.
And...
Carbon dioxide.
And water.
Oh, water.
There is a black tube in front of you.
Carbon dioxide and water come out of this tube.
It comes out because of the strength of the light.
Because of the strength of the light?
When it's sunny, it's 3,000 liters.
When it's cloudy, it's 2,000 liters.
When it rains, it's 500 liters.
The light is detected by a sensor.
The amount of light is automatically applied.
Wow!
You can adjust it automatically.
That's right.
I used to do it with a can.
Because it's sunny, I use more light.
Because it's cloudy, I use less light.
We didn't know the amount, but now we know it in liters.
I didn't know it was managed by technology like this, so I was surprised.
People who became professionals in two years suddenly succeed and make a lot of money.
That's why you guys will be professionals in two years.
I'm happy.
Can we be professionals?
Next, they will talk to trainees.
Hello.
I'm Gen Furukawa and I'm a sophomore in high school.
I'm Hiyoshi and I'm a sophomore in high school.
Nice to meet you.
What do you do in your sophomore year?
In sophomore year, we leave one house and adjust temperature, humidity and light.
We also teach sixth graders in first year.
When we first joined, our seniors taught us a lot of things.
Now that fifth graders have joined us, we have to teach them a lot of things.
We are similar.
We are the same.
By the way, what did you do before you came here?
I worked at a refinery and made ships.
I was a gas station clerk.
It has nothing to do with vegetables.
How did you feel when you actually came to a training farm?
We are all beginners, but we are motivated and there are a lot of graduates.
It's a place where you can share information with various people and study various things.
I think it's very nice.
Next, what they were curious about is...
What is this machine behind you for?
This is called environmental control.
It adjusts temperature, humidity, and light.
Wow, there are so many detailed graphs.
I used to think that agriculture is all about manual work.
But now, agriculture is so high-tech.
Wow, I can tell just by looking at it.
It's progressing.
Hello.
We are the first couple in our first year as a married couple.
My name is Kyota Morita.
I'm Misa Morita.
Nice to meet you.
So you are a married couple.
Yes, we are.
What did you do for a living?
I used to work in a factory and was in charge of machine control.
I was a housewife.
Oh, I see.
What made you want to be a housewife?
I was interested in agriculture.
I heard about this training farm and decided to apply for it.
That's why I'm here today.
I see.
Did you notice any changes in your life since you started working at the training farm?
Wow.
Now we can spend more time together and do more things together.
I think I was able to spend more time with him.
We've been together for a long time.
To provide more nutrients for cucumbers,
they decided to try extra work.
This is a small one.
Ta-da!
Oh!
It's done.
Is this it?
Oh!
Ta-da!
They also learned the importance of handwork, which machines cannot do.
Thank you for coming to see the training farm in this hot weather.
Thank you for having us.
What kind of people do you learn with?
We are not rivals, but we get along with each other.
I hope we can learn a lot of things together in the future.
If you want to start farming, what should you do first?
Currently, we are accepting new farmers in J.E. and municipalities as a successor measure.
I would like you to ask us about that.
It seems easy to get started.
That's right.
What is the path from the training farm to storage after graduation?
People who have finished training for two years at the training farm go to the step of building a house.
They decide on a manufacturer and build a house.
It will be about half a year later, and then farming will start again.
In fact, it has been about half a year since graduation.
It is true that many people go to training farms.
It's amazing that you can do it in half a year.
What kind of people do you want to start farming in the future?
Well, I want to show off my skills.
It is important to study hard here.
I hope we can spread this opportunity to young people as well.
Thank you.
If you two study how to make cucumbers for two years, you might be able to get a job now.
No, we won't.
We'll stay here for two years after this group graduates.
We need you to study hard or you won't graduate.
That's right.
I like cucumbers, so I'm interested in it.
Thank you for your hard work today.
Thank you.
How did you like the experience?
Some people who just graduated from college come here from the city, where we came from, or from the Kanto area.
I was able to feel agriculture very close to me, so I thought I'd like to try it too.
With more young people becoming farmers, we'll be able to eat a lot of delicious agricultural products in Japan.
I think we'll be able to do more about agriculture in Japan.
Next time, we'll visit a field for graduates who have finished their internship at a training farm.
A quiz about agriculture in Japan is also on the special page.
Please watch it next time as well.
Bye bye.
Thank you for watching.