VEGEMARI powder is made from vegetables purchased from farmers who engage in organic cultivation.

It was when we saw organic farmers sorting through their harvest and discarding vegetables that were misshapen or slightly eaten by insects that we decided to produce vegetable powder.

　We started making the powder with the idea that the original shape does not matter if it is made into powder, and that slightly discolored or insect-eaten parts can be carefully cut off and used without any problems.

　Vegetables from fertile soil are delicious and full of nutrients. We manufacture the product by devising processing conditions to preserve the color and flavor as much as possible.

 Agricultural products produced by conventional farming methods that use chemical fertilizers and pesticides have the advantage of requiring less labor during cultivation and yielding a larger crop with less variation in quality. However, the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides is restricted due to the health hazards posed by pesticide residues.

The Japanese market prefers vegetables that are well-shaped and beautiful. For this reason, few farmers have completely converted to organic farming. However, an increasing number of farmers are taking initiatives to reduce chemical fertilizers and pesticides (e.g., promoting the cultivation of special agricultural products) while complying with the pesticide residue regulations set by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

* Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is working to increase organic farming in line with global trends, but unfortunately, only 0.3% of Japan's total planted area can satisfy the Japanese Agricultural Standard for Organic Agricultural Products (Organic JAS) in 2022, which is based on the guidelines of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

The vegetables we purchase come from farmers who are actively engaged in organic farming. Unfortunately, at this time, our produce is not certified as organic by the Japanese government, but rather as produced through equivalent organic farming practices.

　As an example, spinach is one of the vegetables most likely to be detected with pesticide residues, but the farmers we employ use organic fertilizers in their special fields and harvest when insect infestation is at its lowest (late fall) to achieve pesticide-free cultivation.

The above is an introduction to the current state of organic farming in Japan and our company's stance and efforts to procure organic produce. We hope you will understand that our products are not certified as organic but are in fact close to organic.