Description
CSA is a system where farmers and consumers enter into an annual contract to support agriculture by paying in advance for the produce they purchase. Many CSAs are just "farm to table. Many CSAs are only "farm to table" and the relationship tends to be one-way. I would like to add the flow of "table to farm" to the CSA to create a mutually communicative relationship. I would like to add the flow of "table to farm" to this, and create a relationship of mutual communication. In other words, food waste that has been processed at home will be composted at the farm. In other words, this is an initiative where food waste that has been processed by households is composted at farms, and vegetables are grown using the compost and delivered to the dinner table. For consumers, there are advantages such as saving on waste disposal costs by reducing the amount of combustible waste, and being able to obtain fresh and tasty vegetables. For the consumer, there are advantages such as saving on waste disposal costs by reducing combustible waste and getting fresh and tasty vegetables. For farmers, it provides them with fertilizer and leads to stable vegetable sales, so their livelihood is not affected by market prices. Farmers are not affected by market prices, and their livelihoods are stabilized.
Story
Why do we compost food waste? My answer is that I feel the use of fuel oil in the incineration of food waste is unnatural. The water content of food waste is 95-98%. This means that in order to burn raw garbage, which is almost like water, we are transporting fuel additives from a distant foreign country. In order to burn 1 ton of raw garbage, 760 liters of fuel additives are used and 2,050 kg of CO2 is emitted. At a unit price of 82.3 yen per barrel of crude oil, this means that 600 billion yen of taxpayer money is spent annually on incineration. In response to this unnatural situation, a circular economy-type CSA is an initiative in which local farmers involve citizens and proactively participate in food waste composting. For the participants, there are advantages such as saving on waste disposal costs by reducing the amount of combustible waste, obtaining fresh and tasty vegetables, and disaster prevention functionality (composting toilet). For farmers, there are advantages such as stable livelihood as they can provide fertilizer and stable vegetable sales, which are not affected by market prices.
