Challenge to cultivate rare domestic “jellyfish”! We want everyone from children to adults to enjoy nutritious wood ear mushrooms ~ MONOQLO. Miyazaki ~
Koyu Foundation Press release: November 12, 2024 A challenge to cultivate rare domestic “jellyfish”! We want everyone from children to adults to enjoy nutritious wood ear mushrooms ~MONOQLO.Miyazaki~ Koyu Community Development Promotion Organization (General Incorporated Foundation, Shintomi-cho, Koyu-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture, Representative Director: Junichi Saito, hereinafter referred to as Koyu Foundation) will be located in Shintomi-cho, from September of this year. We support the efforts of MONOQLO. Miyazaki, which is taking on the challenge of cultivating wood ear mushrooms.
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-MONOQLO.Miyazaki Instagram: @monoqlo.mz ・Starting jellyfish cultivation as a new farmer ~Interview~
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/28395/544/28395-544-ed1a045c7163ad70a105b9f43c393580-3900×2605.jpg Ryuji says new challenges are “fun” ・Opportunity to start cultivating ear ear mushrooms It has been 15 years since I moved to Shintomi-cho, and while raising four children, I started cultivating ear ear mushrooms in September of this year as a new farmer. Shintomicho is an interesting town where it is easy to raise children and live, and there are many people taking on various challenges. We also wanted to try something new in this town. Before I started farming, I worked at an agricultural equipment manufacturer, so I had always been interested in agriculture and liked working with machines, so I thought it would be great to do something that leveraged my strengths, and I started working in a neighboring town. We met with a farmer who is working on cultivating wood ear mushrooms. When I ate jellyfish for the first time, I was so impressed that I thought, “This is it!” and decided to try my hand at growing jellyfish. Chestnut mushrooms are highly nutritious and are said to have the ability to regulate the immune system and are good for hay fever and atopic dermatitis. We want as many people as possible, regardless of age or gender, to safely eat wood ear mushrooms, which are produced in small quantities in Japan, so we are working on cultivating pure domestically produced mushroom beds without using any pesticides.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/28395/544/28395-544-007eeffa9f7cf87ce046276e50280fc3-3900×2605.jpg Perfect environment for cultivation with a focus on completely pesticide-free, purely domestic fungus bed cultivation
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/28395/544/28395-544-d6910fed69cc8bed266c6ed15f6e03ca-3900×2925.jpg Harvesting is done carefully one by one ・Nutrition and efficacy of wood ear mushroom Auricularis is a type of mushroom that belongs to the genus Aurifolia in the family Aurifolia and is eaten mainly in China and Japan. Nutritious foods rich in calcium, vitamin D, iron, dietary fiber, and potassium. In addition to strengthening bones and teeth, it also has the effect of regulating the intestinal environment by preventing anemia and relieving constipation. Vitamin D, which is said to promote calcium absorption, strengthen bones, and regulate immune function, is also said to be effective against hay fever and atopic dermatitis. Additionally, dietary fiber has the ability to lower cholesterol and improve bowel movements, and is said to be effective in preventing lifestyle-related diseases.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/28395/544/28395-544-9fcd60dafb658be246d0a541581592bc-3900×2605.jpg Proud white jellyfish that shines white ・Message from Mr. and Mrs. Fujimoto to everyone
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/28395/544/28395-544-8cc0f161749418f283e970580da663a7-1108×951.jpg Hoping that it will become a food ingredient on family dining tables There are only a small number of wood ear mushrooms cultivated in Japan, and most of them are imported. In particular, the texture when you put live jellyfish in your mouth is a special taste that can only be experienced with domestically produced jellyfish. We started cultivating it with the hope that more people would know about the appeal and deliciousness of this highly nutritious food. We are working on cultivating wood ear mushrooms with the hope that they will become a food item that can be enjoyed by both children and adults on the dining table at home. Each piece of wood ear mushroom is carefully grown by hand using a unique method in an environment that is ideal for wood ear ear mushrooms, resulting in fresh, fresh wood ear mushrooms. Currently, we are only selling directly (550 yen for 100g), but we plan to expand into wholesale and delivery. We often get asked, “How do you cook?” so we would like to take on the challenge of producing processed products that people can easily eat. We believe that our mission is to produce ingredients that better meet the needs of our customers, with a focus on high quality and beauty. We are also always looking for shops and restaurants that can handle white jellyfish grown with love, so please feel free to contact us. Please enjoy the wood ear mushrooms that we deliver to you with confidence. MONOQLO.Miyazaki -Address: 3241 Shimotonda, Shintomi-cho, Koyu-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture -Telephone number: 090-6101-7095 -Email address: friuji.km111@gmail.com Instagram：monoqlo.mz For inquiries, please contact us by phone, email, or Instagram DM. What is Shintomi Town, Miyazaki Prefecture?
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/28395/544/28395-544-f8abff17e7268660ac0a3724564a9570-1916×1080.jpg About 30 minutes north by car from Miyazaki Airport, Shintomi Town, with a population of about 16,200 people, is a food and agricultural town where greenhouse horticulture is popular and a variety of crops are harvested throughout the year. In February 2021, the home ground of Miyazaki Prefecture’s first J-League club, Tegebajaro Miyazaki, will open, and in April 2023, the Shintomicho Football Center, equipped with two artificial turf pitches, will open. We are also actively working on community development using sports, such as hiring players from the women’s soccer team Via Materas Miyazaki to join the regional revitalization cooperation team. What is the Koyu Community Development Promotion Organization (Koyu Foundation)?
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/28395/544/28395-544-05b4c3556ef97c42bf89c7b7e0e15593-2127×849.jpg We are a regional trading company established in April 2017 in Shintomi Town, Miyazaki Prefecture with the aim of creating a sustainable region. With the vision of being the world’s most challenging city, we earn money through branding and product development centered on agricultural products, such as lychees that cost over 1,000 yen each, and reinvest the profits into human resource development. In the operation of Shintomi Town’s hometown tax donation program, which is its main business, it has recorded a cumulative total of over 10 billion yen in donations over the seven years from 2017 to 2023, and has contributed to collaborative projects between Shintomi Town and a variety of companies, as well as lifestyle convenience. is being used to improve. ▶︎Koyu Foundation website: https://koyu.miyazaki.jp/ ▶︎Koyu Foundation Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/koyu.miyazaki/ ▶︎Shintomi Town hometown tax: https://koyu.miyazaki.jp/hometown-tax/ ▶︎Media coverage examples Nikkei Shimbun/Nikkei MJ/Forbes JAPAN/Business
Concept/Sotokoto/TURNS/Japan Agricultural Newspaper/National Agricultural Newspaper and others