米づくりの理念
標高1,000Mの奇跡の田んぼ
長野県伊那市長谷―――人口約1700人の山あいの小さな集落には、よく手入れされた綺麗な棚田が連なり、その最上部からは壮大な南アルプスの山々とエメラルドグリーンの美和湖が眺望できます。棚田の上には民家も農地もなく、南アルプスの源流から引いているピュアな雪解け水が田んぼに流れ込みます。農薬汚染とは無縁のその棚田では生き物たちが稲の周りを元気よく動き回っています。そんな奇跡のような条件を満たした田んぼ、それがthe rice farmです。
Hase, Ina, Nagano―――In this mountain village with a population of approximately 1,700, a series of well-maintained terraced rice fields stretches out before your eyes, and if you climb to the top, you can take in a majestic view of the southern alps mountain range and the emerald green of Lake Miwa. There are no houses or farmlands above the terraced rice fields, and the pure water from the melting snow of the southern alps flows directly into them. Agricultural chemical pollution is completely unknown here, and the various creatures living in the terraced rice fields move about freely and energetically. The fields that miraculously fulfill all these conditions is called “The Rice Farm.”
美しい日本産米を世界に
2017 年、「美味しい日本産米を世界に」をモットーに輸出米ビジネスを拡大してきたWakka グループ代表・出口が、日本の原風景が残るこの美しい地でthe rice farm を立ち上げました。「日本人を、ではなく、海外の人を満足させるお米を生産しよう」という新しいコンセプトで立ち上げられたthe rice farm では、日本で５生産者しか生産していないカミアカリ等の希少なお米を、肥料や農薬を一切つかわない自然栽培という方法で生産しています。いわば、場所・品種・栽培方法を徹底的にこだわっているのが the rice farm です。
In 2017, Deguchi, representative of Wakka Group, who has been expanding the export rice business with the motto of "bringing delicious Japanese rice to the world," launched the rice farm in this beautiful area where Japan's original scenery still remains. The Rice Farm, which was launched with a new concept of ``Let's produce rice that satisfies not just Japanese people, but people overseas,'' sells rare rice such as kamiakari, which is only produced by five producers in Japan. It is produced using a natural cultivation method that does not use any fertilizers or pesticides. In other words, the rice farm is extremely particular about location, variety, and cultivation method.
