{"id":133172,"date":"2024-08-21T07:57:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T04:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/japan-transforms-food-waste-into-sustainable-feed-through-fermentation\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T07:57:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T04:57:20","slug":"japan-transforms-food-waste-into-sustainable-feed-through-fermentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/japan-transforms-food-waste-into-sustainable-feed-through-fermentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Transforms Food Waste into Sustainable Feed through Fermentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133172\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Koichi Takahashi, founder of the Japan Food Ecology Center, leads this innovative approach to create a circular economy, reducing waste and emissions while enhancing sustainability. Takahashi&#8217;s childhood dream of environmental stewardship led him to focus on pig farms as a key area for change. By converting leftover human food into nutritious pig feed, his company pioneers a model project for sustainable practices, aiming to utilise local food waste instead of relying on costly imports.<\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s reliance on food imports poses challenges due to its small size and mountainous terrain. As Japan aims to reduce emissions and achieve carbon neutrality, addressing food waste is crucial. Takahashi&#8217;s vision took shape in 1998 when he recognised the potential to convert wasted resources into livestock feed. Leveraging fermentation technology, he developed a lactic acid-fermented ecofeed for pigs, optimising nutritional content and shelf life. Fermentation, deeply rooted in Japan&#8217;s history, offers a sustainable solution to food waste. By transforming waste into valuable products, Takahashi&#8217;s team created an ecofeed that not only benefits the environment but also reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 70% compared to imported feed. This innovative approach aligns with Japan&#8217;s emission reduction goals.<\/p>\n<p>By sharing his technology without patents, Takahashi has inspired similar facilities across Japan, collectively producing over one million tons of ecofeed annually. This success demonstrates that sustainable practices can be economically rewarding, paving the way for a greener future in agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tech360.tv\/japan-transforms-food-waste-sustainable-feed-through-fermentation\">Tech360<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/4-577\/\">Japan Transforms Food Waste into Sustainable Feed through Fermentation<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,15778,1589,893],"class_list":["post-133172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-fermentation","tag-food-waste","tag-japan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}