Case Studies
Love for Growing Tomatoes
Okinawa, Japan![Love for Growing Tomatoes](/files/casestudy/main/0e880cca0bfe5bacc8969fc8cf7095c7.jpg)
Located in Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, Mini Tomatoes and Midi Tomatoes have been growing in Arakaki Farm for 36 years with the help of EM Technology in several areas such as soil improvement, foliar application, fertilizer, irrigation, raising seedlings, greenhouse cleaning and antioxidant.
![“The name 'EM' did not exist in my mind when I first started using it. But I started using EM, because I wanted to make something delicious and healthy”](/files/casestudy/detail/a351fbeafe3285543e114bce72a0cd31.jpg)
![Mr. Arakaki takes care of the tomatoes as if they were his children](/files/casestudy/detail/b2c49f3ca86cfea3b4bee07ab92f7a4b.jpg)
Activated EM・1 is applied to the soil and left to undergo a soil solarization process.
This is carefully treated for over half year, as a result, pests that could enter from the outside are repelled.
Even when they operate with a no-tillage policy, they do not have cropping problems for continuously cropping nor diseases.
This is carefully treated for over half year, as a result, pests that could enter from the outside are repelled.
Even when they operate with a no-tillage policy, they do not have cropping problems for continuously cropping nor diseases.
![Tomato growing beautifully in Mr. Arakaki's Farm](/files/casestudy/detail/d1cc98634cf24b1047a55b4dbdd9b277.jpg)
![Midi Tomatoes](/files/casestudy/detail/abf2c4309f29965de5951f62329283f3.jpg)
A 33 year old greenhouse is used and maintained with EM Technology making it clean, with little to no rust and has an antioxidant air in it.
Midi Tomatoes are remarkably sweet and very popular in hotel restaurants, due to this, they are grown with great care in the greenhouse.
Midi Tomatoes are remarkably sweet and very popular in hotel restaurants, due to this, they are grown with great care in the greenhouse.
![Outside Mr. Arakaki's greenhouse](/files/casestudy/detail/9635574e690829f0b86aeaf092a2906e.jpg)
![Inside Mr. Arakaki's greenhouse](/files/casestudy/detail/4f7d1b616ca3390541c899e2ae534831.jpg)
![Healthy grown Mini tomatoes](/files/casestudy/detail/4caa50bc8ecbf0c86893111968733800.jpg)
As a result for his efforts, Mr. Arakaki has been appointed as an Honorary Agriculture Technical Instructor from Okinawa Prefecture and also receiving the “Award of Merit of Midori Shirasagi” at the Agricultural Achievement Award in 2016.*
*Picture from Nanjo City Web Page
http://www.city.nanjo.okinawa.jp/about-nanjo/introduction/mayor/log/-20161118.html
*Picture from Nanjo City Web Page
http://www.city.nanjo.okinawa.jp/about-nanjo/introduction/mayor/log/-20161118.html
![Mr. Arakaki with the "Award of Merit of Midori Shirasagi"](/files/casestudy/detail/49b987cba742fa5f5a854a5635b52a9b.jpg)