Masayuki HOJITO
Kitasato University, Japan
Biography
Masayuki HOJITO is a professor of Kitasato Univsersity, Towada, Aomori, Japan. His scientific career over 30 years has been based on Soil Science. He is coordinating the University Farm: The Yakumo Experimental Farm is located in southern Hokkaido and it is a unique practical farm, which has established a self-sufficient resource-recycling system. Fertilizers, chemicals or feeds from outside are completely restricted. The farm produces the Kitasato Yakumo Beef (with a Registered trade name) that is the first certified organic beef in Japan. The crucial factor in this process is the management of white clover. Chemical fertilizers are not used and only well-composted cow manure is applied onto the clover-mixed grasslands. Utilizing this method it has been demonstrated that organic and safe beef can be produced using a 370-hectare natural ecosystem without causing any environmental pollution. In essence this system demonstrates that solar energy produces beef.
Abstract
Abstract : Nitrogen Flow on an Organically Managed Beef Farm in Hokkaido, Japan