This month's recommended organically grown rice
Taniguchi's naturally grown rice
They have been practicing natural farming in Tamana City, Kumamoto Prefecture for over 30 years.
Tamana City is located in the Kikuchi River basin in northern Kumamoto Prefecture (Kikuchi City, Yamaga City, Nagomi Town, Tamana City), where rice has been grown for 2,000 years. During the Edo period, rice was presented to the shogun, and even today it is one of Japan's leading rice-producing areas, continuing to receive the highest rating in the country.
Taniguchi-san has been growing rice without pesticides and using the Aigamo farming method since he was 20 years old 40 years ago.
Originally, they grew their rice with as little fertilizer and compost as possible, but they became concerned about the fact that adding even a small amount of fertilizer could cause insects such as aphids to appear and the rice plants to become diseased, so 15 years ago they switched to completely natural farming.