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Panel 2-1 Challenges to Promoting Alternative Organic Lifestyles in a Peri-urban Agricultural Region /Norie Tamura
Norie Tamura
Lecture, The Graduate School of Project Design, Japan
The current industrial agri-food system confronts multifaceted sustainability challenges. Transitioning towards a sustainable agri-food system necessitates a reevaluation of the entire food system, emphasizing the need for reintegration of disjointed elements. Food policy emerges as a vital tool in facilitating this transformation and requires support from not just academic research but practical experimentation.
Kameoka City, located on the immediate periphery of Kyoto City, has both urban and rural characteristics, including a sizeable agricultural sector. Within Kameoka City, dedicated researchers have actively pursued the implementation of local food policies within the community.
Through an extensive fieldwork approach utilizing action research methodologies, the authors partnered with organic farmers as collaborators. Together, they established a shared objective of promoting organic practices as a way of life in the community. Subsequently, the collaborative initiative known as "Kameoka Organic Action" was founded, and its activities include growing organic rice and providing this rice for lunch at local schools. This transdisciplinary community collaborates closely with local government and engaged citizens to bring these sustainable practices to fruition.
Keywords: action research, organic agriculture, Kameoka City, school lunch program
Lecture, The Graduate School of Project Design, Japan
The current industrial agri-food system confronts multifaceted sustainability challenges. Transitioning towards a sustainable agri-food system necessitates a reevaluation of the entire food system, emphasizing the need for reintegration of disjointed elements. Food policy emerges as a vital tool in facilitating this transformation and requires support from not just academic research but practical experimentation.
Kameoka City, located on the immediate periphery of Kyoto City, has both urban and rural characteristics, including a sizeable agricultural sector. Within Kameoka City, dedicated researchers have actively pursued the implementation of local food policies within the community.
Through an extensive fieldwork approach utilizing action research methodologies, the authors partnered with organic farmers as collaborators. Together, they established a shared objective of promoting organic practices as a way of life in the community. Subsequently, the collaborative initiative known as "Kameoka Organic Action" was founded, and its activities include growing organic rice and providing this rice for lunch at local schools. This transdisciplinary community collaborates closely with local government and engaged citizens to bring these sustainable practices to fruition.
Keywords: action research, organic agriculture, Kameoka City, school lunch program