date:Jul 17, 2013
ast, Japans nearly 1.2 million rice farmers typically cultivate 1.2 hectares, and on a part-time basis at that.
California growers spread rice seed onto flooded fields by plane, while Japanese farmers typically insert sprouted rice seedlings with machines or by hand, a method that helps the plant stay standing.
The high costs associated with Californias environmental and safety regulations mean farms have to be large and productive to turn a profit.
This is in contrast to Japan, where small f