農園紹介 – 満天ファームス｜東京都西多摩郡瑞穂町

農園紹介

ごあいさつ

皆さんこんにちは！満天ファームス園主の近藤です。
私は非農家の出身ですが、母の実家が酪農を営んでいたこともあり、
子供のころから農的なことが大好きで、平成１８年に新規就農しました。
その後、地元農家の後継者だった妻と結婚、婿に入りました。

Hello, everyone!
My name is Takayuki Kondo and
I am the proprietor of a farm called Mantenfarms.
Although I am not originally from a farming family,
I’ve loved doing something like farming
since I was a child due partly to my mother’s side of the family,
who were running a dairy farm. So I became a farmer in 2006.
Then when I married my wife, who was a successor of a local farm,
I was adopted by her family.

今までの歩み

婿には入ったものの、妻の両親は現役バリバリの為、
アドバイスを受けながらも、経営は別に行っています。
１５年間、少量多品目から大量少品目、楽しく経営から生産性追求の
経営と右往左往。栽培技術が安定してきた頃から、自分達は何がしたいのか？
どんな農業がやりたいのか、妻とよく話しをし、たどり着いたのが、
野菜の顔・素性が見える販売、行先のわかる販売、でした。

My wife’s parents are still active in running their farm,
so although I am a son-in-law, I run a　farm separately
from them while receiving advice from them.
For 15 years since then, I have gone from producing
small quantities of many products to
producing large quantities of a few products, and from managing
for fun to managing in　pursuit of productivity.
Since around the time when my growing techniques stabilized,
I was always talking with my　wife about
what we want to do or what kind of agriculture
we want to do and reached an　answer:
Selling vegetables where we could see their faces
and identities and where they were going.

当園のこだわり

当農園では食卓に話題を提供できる野菜（食材）・花作りをモットーに
作目（品種）・作型・農法を選びながら、露地、施設ともに年間を通して
様々な品目を栽培しています。日本の農家が培ってきた基本的な土づくりや栽培管理技術と共に、
新しい野菜の品種・資材・技術を取り入れながら、
「作る側も食べる側も愉しむことのできる野菜を消費者に提供したい」
就農して１５年の中で妻と共に日々強く思うようになりました。
顔の見える野菜と言う表現をスーパーの売り場などでよく見かけることがありますが、
当農園では生産者の顔ではなく、野菜の顔を紹介できればと思います。
すこしづつ、知識のある物に限ってではありますが、野菜の由来や品種改良の話、
使った肥料についてなど農業の小話を交えながら、「この野菜はこんな思いで作られました」、
的な紹介ができる営農を心掛けています。

On our farm we grow various items outdoors as well as
in greenhouses throughout the year　while selecting the kinds of crops (varieties),
cropping types and farming methods with our motto of “growing vegetables (foodstuff)
and flowers that can present topics of a conversation at the table.”
While adopting new varieties, materials and technologies
for vegetables along with basic technologies for keeping soil in good condition and cultivation management
developed by farmers in Japan, we “want to provide vegetables
that can be enjoyed by both growers and eaters to consumers.”
After 15 years of working as farmers, my wife and I now have a
strong desire to do so everyday.
We often see the expression, “vegetables with a face,” at supermarkets.
At our farm, we would like to introduce not the face of the producers,
but the face of the vegetables.
We strive to run our farm in a manner in which
we can share our thoughts of growing each vegetable
with information on the origin, breeding, and fertilizers used
for vegetables, and other short stories on agriculture step by step,
though it will be limited to the knowledge we have.