Better Nature and Society Created by Our Shiitake Powder

We won the Grand Prize and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award in the Green Purchasing Awards! Here are three important things that we are able to protect thanks to your purchases.

1. Protect the weak

We outsource the work of carefully brushing shiitake mushroom one by one before grinding it to a nearby support facility for people with disabilities. The number of facilities where the disabled can work for the same wages as able-bodied people has increased to seven as sales of shiitake powder grow, and smiles are spreading in the community!

2. Protecting growers and mountains

Forests thinned for shiitake mushroom logs receive more sunlight on the ground, and shoots from stumps, underbrush, and shrubs grow thickly. Young trees absorb CO2 well, but after the age of 15 years, their CO2 absorption capacity declines. In other words, the cultivation of shiitake mushrooms improves the mountain's water retention capacity and CO2 absorption capability, thereby regenerating the mountain.

3. Preserving Food Culture

The consumption of dried shiitake mushrooms has declined dramatically due to the diversification of people's diets, but with the development of shiitake powder, we have succeeded in spreading the goodness of dried shiitake mushrooms, a traditional foodstuff, throughout the world in an easy and convenient way.