Organic Shizukuishi

Organic Shizukuishi is located in Shizukuishi town in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
We are an organization to connect organic farmers, consumers and relevant stakeholders intending to create future organic society. We are heading for the Organic 3.0 direction of IFOAM - Organics International. So, we are trying to make our best efforts to realize sustainable organic farming systems as well as introducing eco-friendly technologies for more organic produce. And besides we will develop strong ties among people through wide variety of PGS activities. This contributes deeper and healthier understanding of IFOAM PGS and better quality of organic produce. We believe that PGS activities are not simply the certification for small family farmers, but they have more aspects as follows which are different from the third-party certification.
- Trust promotions between PGS stakeholders and community people,
- Organic farming skill improvement to achieve sustainable PGS management,
- Contribution to expand organic farmlands,
- Revitalization of the community,
- Contribution of papers to Organic World Congress and Organic Asia Congress,
- Motions proposal at the IFOAM General Assembly for every three years.
To spread PGS activities in our country, we have been promoting the Allied PGS Meetings since 2021. This will facilitate for members to join the IFOAM-Organics International and PGS.
We have recognized the importance of the "Global Alliance for Organic Districts (GAOD)" around the world to increase organic farmers, so we are now members of Work Groups 3 and 4. And besides Organic Shizukuishi became an Associate Member of Asia Local Government for Organic Agriculture (ALGOA) to participate actively in assisting the development of the activities of ALGOA, towards realizing "100% Organic in Asia".
In any case, we will do our best efforts for organic farmers to spend happy and enjoy nice day to day life.