仏の有機農家が金子美登さんを訪問

フランス大使館が近く東京農大で開くシンポジウムに参加するため有機農家が来日し、23日に埼玉県小川町の金子美登さんを訪ねた。5時間近くほ場や近所の直売所、造り酒屋などを歩きながら延々と話し続けた。ピエールさん（左端の男性）は、「フランスと日本の有機農業には共通するところと異なるところがある」と話していた。

Mr. Pierre Pujos, a farmer in the villege of Saint-Puy, France, visited an organic farmer in Saitama prefecture on Monday. Farming 200 ha, Pierre has told me there are some similarities and differences in the organic farming between France and Japan. One is apparently the difference of farm size. Mr. Kaneko is farming just 3 ha. But Pierre has been impressed the way Mr. Kaneko utilizes his crops in the field. Mr. Kaneko basically sells his crops to a handful number of royal clients, and use some leftover for processing such as Tofu, and Sake. Also Mr. Kaneko explained that most of energy he uses is generated by himself, using biogas, and solar panels.