Slash-and-burn farming

Atsumi turnips, Fujisawa turnips and buckwheat are cultivated by traditional slash-and-burn farming.
Japanese cedars that have grown over a long period of time were cut down and left to dry before burning, creating a nutrient-rich layer of ash which makes the soil fertile, as well as temporarily eliminating weed and pest species, making pesticide-free production possible.

Although slash-and-burn farming is usually misunderstood as the destruction of the environment, it is actually a sustainable way of farming that is working in tangent with the cycle of the logging operation and forestry planting.