Organic fertilizer/feed production
challenged in this land
Form of circular agriculture
Whether you lived in the past or will live in the future, you will all be living on Earth.
Instead of using up limited resources, we should transform them into a form that can be used again, and pass them on to tomorrow.
We believe this is a natural mission for those of us who are involved in agriculture and livestock farming.
If we throw things away, they're just garbage, but if we find a new use for them, they become resources. We can transform livestock and agricultural waste, vegetable scraps, and food waste from restaurants and processing plants into organic fertilizer, which will benefit future agriculture and generate new harvests. By connecting the end and the beginning, we create a cycle.
The experiences we offer at Ark Tategamori are also part of the cycle we envision.
It tasted delicious. But it doesn't end there. Visiting the place where the food is produced and enjoying it with all five senses. Interacting with the producers and learning about the production process fosters feelings of gratitude and awe. Everything is interconnected.
Wakaba Co., Ltd., a group company, is engaged in the organic fertilizer manufacturing business. By reusing resources from the group, such as pig and agricultural waste and vegetable scraps, they manufacture environmentally friendly organic fertilizers and play a significant role as a cornerstone of circular agriculture.
Furthermore, our organic fertilizers are environmentally friendly and contribute to the healthy growth of crops, so they are widely used in local agriculture.
This fertilizer is made from organic livestock-derived raw materials, boasts an excellent balance of nutrients, and is rich in humus. It is the fertilizer that enables Ark Tategamori's organic vegetable cultivation.
This long-selling fertilizer, which uses a balanced mix of livestock and food-derived ingredients, has been loved by many local farmers for many years.
Our collaborative efforts between livestock farming and crop farming, centered on organic fertilizers to create a circular economy of local resources and connect with consumers through sixth-sector industrialization, were recognized with the "Director-General of the Livestock Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award" at the "1st Domestic Fertilizer Resource Utilization Expansion Awards."
As proof that it is a fertilizer made from naturally derived ingredients, "Tategamori Soil's Bounty" has received certification as an "Organic JAS Compliant Material" from a certifying body. It can be used for organic farming.
This is a rare organic fertilizer made from raw materials from all three types of livestock: pigs, chickens, and cattle. It achieves an exceptionally well-balanced composition of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
We manufacture organic fertilizers using naturally derived raw materials, primarily livestock waste, vegetable scraps, and food waste from within our group, as well as livestock waste and food residue from Ichinoseki City.
The high-temperature aerobic fermentation process kills weed seeds and pathogens, resulting in a highly safe fertilizer. Furthermore, the long-term fermentation and maturation process (approximately 60 to 90 days) ensures that the fertilizer undergoes sufficient decomposition and becomes fully mature.
Humus is organic matter that is produced over long periods of time through decomposition by microorganisms in the soil. Soil rich in humus promotes aggregation and can retain a large amount of basic ions, thus achieving high nutrient retention capacity.
At Ark Tategamori, we also engage in feed manufacturing at a facility called "Ark Feed." We prioritize the health and safety of the pigs we raise, and we produce safer and more secure feed using feed rice grown under contract by nearby farmers and feed ingredients grown by our own company. When cultivating feed rice, we utilize organic fertilizer manufactured by our group company, Wakaba, thus playing a part in circular agriculture.
Furthermore, our in-house feed manufacturing contributes to reducing production costs and environmental impact.
We do not use corn in the feed during the fattening period, which affects the taste and safety of the pork. We work in cooperation with local contract farmers to cultivate feed rice using fallow fields, and wheat harvested on our own farms are the main ingredients.
Because we raise our own pigs, we want to carefully select the raw materials and feed them freshly made feed. With this in mind, we built our own feed factory, "Arkfeed." In fact, freshness is important for feed as well. Feeding the pigs the feed produced daily in the freshest possible condition leads to improved health and comfort. The feed completed at the factory is loaded onto a dedicated bulk truck and transported to the farm. A bulk truck is a special vehicle that loads feed into a tank-like cargo bed without bagging it, and can be directly loaded into the farm's silo. Because there is no bagging and unpacking process involved, the feed can be delivered to the pigs while maintaining its freshness. In this way, we have established a system that allows us to feed the pigs freshly made feed every day.
The feed rice is grown by local farmers who utilize fallow fields. Using fallow fields for feed rice production leads to the effective use of farmland and is an initiative that supports local agriculture. Organic fertilizer manufactured by our group company, Wakaba, is used in the cultivation of the feed rice, creating a system of resource circulation within the community. Furthermore, sourcing feed rice and feed ingredients from local farmers also leads to economic benefits for the farmers themselves. We will contribute to the revitalization of local agriculture by keeping both "resource circulation" and "economic circulation" in motion.
