Aiming to Realize Circular Agriculture with Functional Tomatoes. #April Dream

Cardboard box for gifts made with 10% tomato residue leaves and stems

Our company supports 'April Dream', an initiative to make April 1st a day to broadcast dreams. This press release is the dream of 'Village Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. Next Generation Farm Dendenmura'.

Village Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture https://village-kaihatu.jp/ ), through its agricultural division Next Generation Farm Dendenmura (Location: Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture https://dendenmura.com/), aims to create a rich local garden city through synergy with its core real estate business, facing the social issues visible from there and challenging to solve them.

The Background of Wanting to Realize This Dream

Due to the aging population leading to people leaving farming and an increase in abandoned cultivated land, consultations regarding the sale of farmland to our company are increasing.

As a local real estate company, Village Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. faced this reality and in September 2022, started cultivating the Food with Function Claims 'Urutsuya Tomato' in agricultural greenhouses named Next Generation Farm Dendenmura.

The dream we aim for is, "To realize circular agriculture in a garden city with a well-balanced mix of farmland and residential areas!"

Circular Agriculture Initiatives at Next Generation Farm Dendenmura

<Cooling System Using Used Radiators in Agricultural Greenhouses> We cool a cold air fan using a scrapped light vehicle's radiator connected to well water for summer survival cultivation planted in June. It is more energy-efficient than air conditioners that use a lot of electricity, providing a countermeasure against extreme heat.

Cold air fan using a used radiator

<Sparkling Wine from Cracked Tomatoes> Next Generation Farm Dendenmura's 'White Koji Tomato Sour' is manufactured using cracked 'Urutsuya Tomatoes', which appear frequently during the summer when a lot of liquid fertilizer is used. The expiration date of the sparkling wine is 6 months, longer than the 3 days for preservative-free tomato juice, making it a countermeasure against food loss.