{"id":4902,"date":"2019-02-19T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodfoodjobs.com\/blog\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2019-02-16T02:35:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T02:35:12","slug":"seeking-and-finding-balance-at-hello-farm-organics-in-kyoto-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dev.goodfoodjobs.com\/blog\/seeking-and-finding-balance-at-hello-farm-organics-in-kyoto-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking (and Finding) Balance at Hello Farm Organics in Kyoto, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nestled deep in the rolling hills of northern Kyoto, Japan, lie the quiet and unassuming gardens of Hello Farm Organics<\/a>, a market garden run by Ava Richardson and Zenryu Owatari. For the last seven years, Richardson and Owatari have operated and expanded their small business to provide fresh, organic produce to local restaurants, wholesalers, juice bars, and individual customers in the Kyoto area and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t come to Japan thinking I was going to farm,\u201d Richardson admits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Growing up in the heart of Tokyo, Owatari\u2019s path into the world of food business was far from linear. \u201cI\u2019ve been interested in farming since I was a teenager, maybe instinctively,\u201d Owatari reflects. \u201cI\u2019ve always liked to grow vegetables. But I never thought I would start my own business.\u201d<\/p>\n

After completing his first apprenticeship on a farm in Nagano prefecture at eighteen years old, Owatari\u2019s interests shifted to spirituality and religion, eventually leading him to become ordained as a Zen Buddhist monk. When speaking of the experience, he maintains that his religious practice was a natural progression of his food journey, rather than a separation from it. \u201cI always liked working with food, so my teacher asked me if I could cook at the temple,\u201d he explains. With no formal training, he worked both in the gardens and the kitchen, serving as head chef for twenty years.<\/p>\n

Owatari maintains that his religious practice was a natural progression of his food journey, rather than a separation from it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For Owatari, gardening brings constant opportunities for meditation. \u201cZen practice and farming are very connected. It\u2019s mindfulness,\u201d he says, choosing his words slowly and with precision. \u201cIn the gardens, you talk with nature and become one with it. When you say, \u201cI don\u2019t want to weed, I don\u2019t want to work in this heat\u2026 that\u2019s the self. That\u2019s the ego. So I feel I\u2019m still doing my Zen practice while farming.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ava Richardson tends to the vegetables on the farm she shares with her partner, Zenryu Owatari.<\/p><\/div>\n

After leaving the temple to pursue other walks of life, Owatari met his wife and business partner, Ava Richardson, while managing a friend\u2019s hostel. When asked about their decision to start a farming business together, the two share a laugh. \u201cI didn\u2019t come to Japan thinking I was going to farm,\u201d Richardson admits.<\/p>\n

Though she intended to teach in Japan, Richardson recalls that her journey into the organic food movement started years earlier, in her home province of Ontario, Canada. \u201cMy dad had a stroke at the age of 40, which led us to try to be healthier and eat healthier,\u201d she explains. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know what the word \u2018organic\u2019 meant. I knew that I wanted to be involved in food in some way, but I didn\u2019t predict farming.\u201d She began working at outdoor education centers during the academic year and apprenticed on organic farms in the summer: \u201cApprenticeships are key because they will either confirm that you want to [farm] or don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Richardson and Owatari keep each other company at work in the gardens.<\/p><\/div>\n

Following her apprenticeships, Richardson went on to co-own a CSA (community-supported agriculture) for four years before leaving for Japan. \u201cI sold my farm in Canada, flew here to look for a teaching job, and then started working at a hostel where I met Zenryu. Within two months, I had a garden started,\u201d she laughs. \u201cThe owner was like, \u2018Sure, we could use a garden!\u2019 and before I knew it, I had a rototiller and was growing vegetables for this hostel.\u201d<\/p>\n

After moving to the countryside of Ibaraki prefecture together for Richardson\u2019s job at an international school, Owatari found work as a full-time hand on a nearby organic farm. \u201cBut less than a year after that, Fukushima happened,\u201d Richardson recalls, referring to the\u00a0 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake<\/a>, the most powerful ever recorded in the country\u2019s history. The aftermath included hundreds of aftershocks and a devastating tsunami that claimed over 15,000 lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt happened on March 11, and I had to finish my teaching contract in June,\u201d she remembers. Though unharmed by the earthquake itself, the pair were living less than 100 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, where the tsunami triggered a meltdown of multiple reactors and a subsequent release of radioactive substances into the surrounding areas. \u201cFor those months, we ordered everything from the Kansai region or even further south. Even our water was shipped in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Owatari and Richardson, readying a batch of vegetables for shipment.<\/p><\/div>\n

The disaster is ultimately what led to the creation of what is now Hello Farm Organics. \u201cI wanted to know that I was eating healthy and safe food,\u201d Richardson explains. With no work lined up, the two evacuated south to Kyoto City, where Richardson quickly found another teaching position while Owatari searched for more farming opportunities. Soon after, they discovered Saka no Tochu<\/a>, an organic produce distributor that had recently developed a farm-start initiative specifically for evacuees of the Fukushima disaster. \u201cThey wanted to relocate farmers from Tohoku to Kansai, and we qualified because Zenryu had been farming in the affected region. The program found this land, our house, the initial buyers. It was a package deal,\u201d says Richardson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are not enough farmers,\u201d Owatari says. \u201cIt\u2019s a global epidemic.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Despite yearly setbacks from increasingly destructive extreme weather (flooding, heat waves, a greenhouse that collapsed under snow, to name a few), Hello Farm Organics continues to expand and develop strong relationships with its local community. Though satisfied with their small farm\u2019s growth and success, the two also recognize the larger problems facing the organic movement worldwide. \u201cThere are not enough farmers,\u201d Owatari says. \u201cIt\u2019s a global epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an effort to share knowledge and strengthen the movement, the two have hosted dozens of WWOOF<\/a> (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) volunteers from across the globe. They\u2019ve also hosted a number of student groups from the international grade school where Richardson continues to teach full-time during the week, while returning to the farm on weekends. \u201cThe educational component is actually pretty high up there on why we have anyone visit the farm,\u201d Richardson says. \u201cSeed saving is kind of my thing, so with the WWOOFers, I\u2019m always like, \u2018Do you want to learn about seed saving? Do you want to learn about this, about that?\u2019\u201d she laughs. \u201cAt every school I\u2019ve been at, I\u2019ve grown something with the kids. I\u2019ve always been involved with education outdoors and bringing it into the class as much as possible. They just go hand in hand. We had a whole middle school come and spend the night once. We made vegan food for them. A lot of them had never touched a frog!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Owatari shows off a crop of freshly picked carrots in the idyllic hills of Kyoto, Japan.<\/p><\/div>\n

As for the future of Hello Farm? \u201cThe organic movement is still about a decade behind the U.S. and Canada. It\u2019s a good time to be in Japan because the momentum is growing,\u201d Richardson says. \u201cBut I think there\u2019s more structure and organized efforts for young farmer training in Ontario, which is one of the reasons I\u2019d like to eventually move back there,\u201d she shares. \u201cIt\u2019s a long process but I think that if you focus on building soil, you can do it anywhere. I feel like we could move to Canada tomorrow and we would just carry on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Midori Gonzalez is a Japanese-Venezuelan American writer, assistant English teacher, and lifelong pursuer of good food. Follow her stories or get in touch on Medium @midorigonzalez and Instagram @_midoricelina.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jonathan Galione is a Japan-based photographer, originally from the United Kingdom. With a background in television and movies, his passion for telling visual stories is what drives him to shoot. You can follow him on instagram @jgalione and see more of his work at\u00a0www.shotandcapturedby.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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