tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post3786492390698236160..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Urban Harvest TokyoMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-209869004625059622014-07-17T15:50:40.342+09:002014-07-17T15:50:40.342+09:00Did Mr Katz really claim that? Take him out throug...Did Mr Katz really claim that? Take him out through the backdoor, tar and feather him… :-p.<br /><br />Mono-culture is <em>always</em> detrimental to (economic) efficiency and productivity! In particular when what is cultivated is concrete.<br /><br />Here in the neighbourhood (Fukuoka-shi) gardens and small patches of cultivated land are fast disappearing. The old folks die or can no longer live alone, the land is sold, the concrete terrorists strike (Daiwa House I’m looking at you - filling every possible cm2 of the patches behind my house).Philippenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-33385101668462719522014-07-17T12:30:38.925+09:002014-07-17T12:30:38.925+09:00For all the criticisms leveled at the pampered agr...For all the criticisms leveled at the pampered agricultural sector, I can't help but be charmed by Japan's micro-farms. That quaint agricultural can coexist with urban amenities is an notion worth preserving, if not spreading. And with the population declining, that might just happen.Yakiminoreply@blogger.com