Food focus this weekend


This weekend a lot of good stuff is going on in Tokyo! There is the Tokyo International Vegetarian Culture Fair at Yoyogi Koen near Harajuku station. The theme is "Food forward for love" and there are exhibitions about alternative dining and information about the vegetarian diet "for health, environment and society". If that is not a mouthful, how about raw rice promotion supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport?

Tokyo Vegetarian Forum

Also, at Be Good Cafe in Daikanyama, Tokyo, there is an entire day of lectures about food, vegetables, and the campaign against genetically modified food, with a talk by Greenpeace Japan director Jun Hoshikawa. It starts at 14:00 and ends around 20:00. There will also be a presentation about the Japanese version of the video "Future of Food" by Deborah Koons Garcia.

Be Good Cafe

Comments

Pandabonium said…
While being vegetarian here is easy, organic foods is something lacking in Kashima City. I order some things from Alishan Foods in Saitama, which seems a long way to have to ship food. There are organic farms around Ibaraki but the nearest to me that I have found is forty five minutes by car - too far for me to go on a regular basis. Called Pocket Farm Dokidoki they have a market, plant nursery, and a great restaurant.

Hopefully the demand for organics will grow and more farms will move into organic methods. Too bad Tony's farm is so far from me.
8:17 am, September 11, 2006
Martin J Frid said…
"Food mileage" is a big topic, but if you are in Ibaragi and order from Saitama (next door, so to speak), I think you are doing fine. Thanks for the link, I'm sure many people would like to hear about alternatives in their region.
11:45 pm, September 12, 2006
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