Of great importance is that the Nokyo in May signed onto the goal of 20 to 30 hectares per farmer.
FORBES: Reforming Japan's Socialized Agriculture
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"Nokyo said we'll ruin their distribution business, but with Dole we just deliver tomatoes in large containers and it does the rest of the work, " says Matsunaga.
FORBES: Upsetting the apple cart
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For years the tomato farmer enlisted his wife and children to pack tomatoes late into the night and dutifully send them off to the local Nokyo farm co-operative.