Food and Agriculture Education

Zennoh Cooking Class

Zennoh works with other Zennoh Group companies to hold cooking classes with the aim of teaching children the joy of cooking and the importance of food and Japanese agriculture. The Zennoh Parent-Child Cooking Class is aimed at elementary school students and their parents, while the Zennoh Everyone's Children's Cooking Class is aimed at children with disabilities (elementary, junior high, and high school students) and is held in cooperation with a social welfare organization.The program includes not only cooking, but also lessons on Japanese agriculture and ingredients, and dietary education quizzes, providing participants with an understanding of the importance of food.

JA ZEN-NOH parent-child agricultural experience tours

The purpose of the JA ZEN-NOH parent-child agricultural experience tours is to provide consumers who have little contact with farming in their daily lives with the chance to meet producers and gain a deeper understanding of agriculture.

These tours offer children and their parents the opportunity to get closer to the soil through a one-day, hands-on experience of the work carried out by rice and vegetable farmers. Participants try their hand at such tasks as planting and harvesting rice and other crops, and also enjoy a lunch made with locally grown rice and seasonal vegetables.