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

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...

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...

Delivering Biology Through the Water Line: How Farmers Are Dosing Beneficial Microbes at the Point of Entry

One of the most efficient ways to deliver beneficial microorganisms across a farm is through the water supply itself. Rather than applying biology field by field or animal by animal, farms with centralized water systems can introduce fermented microbial inoculants at...