Company Profile
| Company Name | Miyagi Farm |
| Established | 1988 |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Business | – Free range poultry farming – Organic vegetables coltivation – Food processing utilizing agricultural and livestock products (mayonnaise, jam, etc.) – Cultivation managemente and guidance of contract farmers – Sale of the unprocessed and process products of the above businesses – GAP delegated administration (McDonald’s GAP (MGG), etc.) – Trasnfer of technology related to poultry farming and vegetable cultivation both nationally and internationally (Bhutan, etc.) – Overseas export of the above food items – Guest houses and agricultural experiences – Management of agricultural study sessions |
| Number of employees | 22 people (9 of which part-time workers) |
| Address | 2193 Ozato Oshiro, Nanjo-shi, Okinawa, Japan 901-1203 GoogleMap |
| Representative | Tetsuya Oda |
| Contacts | TEL: 098-946-7646 FAX: 098-946-7764 |
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History
| 1980 | Morihiko Miyagi started cage-breeding chicken under his brother. He was in charge of brooding. |
| 1985 | He visited the Watanabe free range poultry farm in Hyogo prefecture in search for a new way to breed chicken. |
| 1988 | He separetes management and starts free range farming with Miyagi Asako as a representative. |
| 1995 | Fighting in a trial over the mining rights to the mountain where his farm stands, he starts promoting sustainability. |
| 1996 | He is involved as a key member of the establishment of Kariyushi-shi, a direct sale agricultural market in Osato. |
| 2000 | He started producing and selling mayonnaise made with his farm’s eggs. |
| 2005 | He started a special cultivation certified by the company, and started carrying out the sales of vegetables for nearby farmers. |
| 2008 | The company is incorporated, and starts special cultivation certified by Okinawa prefecture. |
| 2009 | Starts holding monthly study sessions as the Okinawa microorganism agriculture network. |
| 2010 | Starts training farmers within the company. |
| 2011 | The brooding facilities are destroyed by a typhoon, and new ones are built along with a sorting-out facility. |
| 2014 | Starts shipping fruit and vegetables outside of Okinawa prefecture. |
| 2015 | Vegetable shipping facilities, processing plants, and offices are established separetedly from the poultry farm. The company’s mayonnaise was showed on national television channel TBS, greatly boosting sales. Two employees of Miyagi Farm become evaluation members of Japan’s producer association GAP. Research on poultry technology is started in Bhutan, and arrangements are made for the transfer of technology. |
| 2016 | Starts collaborations with students and tour guides. |
| 2017 | Tetsuya Oda is appointed as President and CEO, and Morihiko Miyagi becomes chairman. With facilities in Yaese as well, the total amount of chickens is around 10,000. Taking advantage of the JICA grassroots project, poultry technology transfering to Bhutan is started. The first steps in export are taken by selling mayonnaise to Taiwan. |