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PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Harvesting a Community's Love - Exclusive interview with Hekizanen - Kokoro Care Packages
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October 10, 2020
PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Harvesting a Community's Love - Exclusive interview with Hekizanen

From the beginning, it has been Hekizanen's priority to offer as...

PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Farming Japanese "Phantom Soybeans" - Exclusive Interview with Toyokuniya - Kokoro Care Packages
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October 04, 2020
PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Farming Japanese "Phantom Soybeans" - Exclusive Interview with Toyokuniya

Masahiro Okamoto cultivates heirloom Japanese soybeans at his family-run...

PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Yagisawa Shoten - "Miracle" Soy Sauce - Kokoro Care Packages
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June 09, 2020
PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Yagisawa Shoten - "Miracle" Soy Sauce

Yagisawa Shoten watched 200 years of history wiped...

PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Kazemaru-Nojo - Planting Apple Seeds of Change - Kokoro Care Packages
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April 02, 2020
PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Kazemaru-Nojo - Planting Apple Seeds of Change

Mr. Saiki Kimura, who was not initially excited...

PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Toyokuniya - Phantom Soybeans
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March 08, 2020
PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Toyokuniya - Family-Farmed "Phantom" Soybeans

Toyokuniya, located in Sagamihara City in Kanagawa Prefecture,...

PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Wassamu Seeds - Carving A Path For "Naked" Pumpkin Seeds - Kokoro Care Packages
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December 29, 2019
PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Wassamu Seeds - Carving A Path For "Naked" Pumpkin Seeds

Toru Hirasaki helped nurture the pumpkin industry in...

PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Otoyo-cho Goishicha Cooperation - How One Man Saved 400-Years of Tea Tradition
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December 11, 2019
PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Otoyo-cho Goishicha Cooperation - How One Man Saved 400-Years of Tea Tradition

Four hundred years of tradition behind Goishi Tea were rescued...