It ’s been five years since Japan ’s Tohoku earthquake , tsunami , and nuclear nuclear meltdown in Fukushima — and some consumers are still leery of produce get in the region . That ’s why some husbandman are n’t develop plants in grease that might be contaminated — they’re growing plants in polyester instead .
Farmer in Kawamata , a town in Fukushima prefecture that ’s about 30 mile from the Daiichi plant , are using tenuous , polyester roughage to grow flowers , aiming to quash misconceptions that Fukushima ’s agriculture is dangerous . It ’s a coaction with Kinki University in Osaka , Asahi Shimbunreports .
In a trial , James Leonard Farmer successfully grew over 2,000 anthuriums ( vivacious , heart - work flowers ) in a glasshouse in Kawamata — a town that technically still has an voidance order of magnitude in place in one area . But swapping earth soil for this fake soil made of polyester fabrics can not only really rise crop , but it can give upset consumer peace of mind , too .
radiation therapy level on Fukushima ’s coast , while still elevate , have drop importantly since 2011 . Before the tsunami , Kawamata was a big agricultural townspeople known for livestock and tobacco plant . Hopefully this raw , artificial soil can help the area get back on its feet : participant in the undertaking hope to lead off full - scale polyester farming and shipping later on this year .
[ BBCviaAsahi Shimbun ]
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