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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 70

    We are back in Canada with beautiful memories of Japan. We visited some nice bakeries and attended a rice bread baking class. And we bought a bread scoring lame. We are ready for another year of baking! We are at Vancouver airport now, waiting for a connecting flight to Nanaimo. We will be back to…

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 69

    Trains in Japan are known to be clean, safe and sometimes with decorative artwork, but this one was extraordinary! What is so special about deer? There is a legend that Takemikazuchi no Mikoto, the god of thunder, came to Kasugataisha Shrine in Nara, riding a white deer. Based on this legend, deer came to be…

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 68

    Cherry blossoms are famous in Japan but camellias are beautiful at this time of the year. These are Sasanqua Camellias, and the name writes as 山(mountain) 茶(tea) 花(flower). They are popular roadside trees or park trees as both flowers and leaves are alive and beautiful in winter. Leaves can be used as tea. Last week…

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 67

    A happy new year! To me, new year comes with sunrise rather than countdown at midnight, especially when I am getting older and it’s getting hard to stay up late… For a few days before new year, people clean their home and cook special dishes, and on New Year’s day, they keep eating and spend…

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 66

    Our farm is guarded by an owl (and our kind neighbours) while we are away. It is almost New Year’s Day, which is the biggest celebration in Japan, and the preparation has already begun. Family routine of New Year’s Eve in my childhood was visiting a nearby shrine around midnight, praying for happiness for the…

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 65

    All markets are done for 2025! It has been quite a journey for us. Our garden has less rocks and more nutrients than last year after so much digging, or so we hope… We have ordered 2 truck loads of compost and many bottles of vegetable seeds for next year, but for now, let us…

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  • How to make natto

    Making natto is surprisingly easy. Here is how: 4. While waiting beans to cook, dissolve natto culture in water (Use 0.1g or more culture per 100g beans. Use 10ml water per 0.1g culture.) 5. Once beans are cooked, discard cooking water, and pour the natto culture liquid over while beans are still hot. Mix well.…

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  • Pick up order at the Farm tomorrow

    Good morning. For tomorrow’s pick up, we have limited quantities of: mixed bunch of kale/collard(4), chard(4), radicchio(5), parsley(4) (Prices are in bracket). Please place an order by the end of Today (Tuesday) through sorafarmveggie@gmail.com and pick up at 1820 Seymour road between 10am-1pm tomorrow (Wednesday). Thank you!

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  • Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 64

    My childhood memory of Christmas is decorating a tree, and eating a strawberry shortcake with my family. Christmas is not a national holiday in Japan. They say that only 1% or less of the population are Christians. Most of the people celebrate Christmas with no religious meaning attached. So, how all the celebration started? At…

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  • Pick up order at the Farm tomorrow

    Good morning. For tomorrow’s pick up, we have limited quantities of: mixed bunch of kale/collard(4), chard(4), radish(4), carrot(5), potato(6), radicchio(5) (Prices are in bracket). Please place an order by the end of Today (Tuesday) through sorafarmveggie@gmail.com and pick up at 1820 Seymour road between 10am-1pm tomorrow (Wednesday). Thank you!

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