EM Milk, Healthy Cows, No Barn Odor

EM Milk, Healthy Cows, No Barn Odor: How Tamaki Farm’s Fermented Microbial Program Became Okinawa’s Most Beloved Dairy Brand

On a breezy hillside in Okinawa, Japan, 300 dairy cows across three farms produce what has become one of the most recognized milk brands on the island — and one of the most frequently ordered by mainland Japanese customers willing to pay premium shipping to get it....

No Odor, Healthier Animals: How an Okinawa Pig Farm Integrated Beneficial Microbes Into the Water Line and Compost System

Okinawa Hokuto Ltd. raises AGU pigs — a native Okinawan heritage breed known for exceptional pork quality — from a farm in the northern part of the island. In 2020, the company began a systematic integration of fermented microbial inoculants into both their composting...

Beneficial Microbes in Poultry Drinking Water: What a Controlled Study Found in 180 Laying Hens

One of the cleaner ways to evaluate the effect of beneficial microorganisms in a livestock operation is a controlled study with consistent animal numbers, uniform conditions, and measured outcomes over time. A 2021 study published in the International Journal of Food...

From Reclaimed Mountain Land to Award-Winning Produce: How Amurita Farm Used Fermented Microorganisms to Build a Whole-Farm Ecosystem

When Mr. and Mrs. Saito founded Amurita Farm in 2014 on a forested mountainside in Niseko Town, Hokkaido, they were starting with land that had no agricultural history. Over the following decade, they converted that raw terrain into a certified organic operation with...