with pig as unwilling participant. via boing boing
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actually, there is quite an amazing young farmers' movement in japanese, which we will have more to say about later. For now here's some reading material:
Civil Eats: Finding a Model in Japan's Young Farmer Corps
Global Voices: Go Farm, Young Man! - How Farming in Japan is Changing
New York Times: For Young Japanese, It's Back to the Farm