SDGs activity ~Collaboration between Taishoboseki and Maternity mark~
A maternity mark is supposed to be a mark that protects expecting mothers’ well-being. The early stages of pregnancy are critical for the growth of the baby as well as for mothers’ health. However, as it is difficult to tell the difference by appearance, an expecting mother faces various difficulties. A couple of examples are […]
Upcycling project~Factory guide of Sanyo Paper Co., Ltd.,~
June/8/2021 Recently, we visited Sanyo Paper Co., Ltd., Turn brown cotton into the recycled paper We saw the moment that brown cotton was reborn as paper. The upcycling project utilizing fallen brown cotton (Brown Ochi-wata) is on track. “Ochi-wata” is a short fiber generated in the process of making yarn. It can be reused in […]
COTTON COMPOST
June/2/ 2021 Cotton is growing well. On this day, we replanted potted seedlings everywhere cotton had not germinated or where the situation of germination did not seem well. The fertilizer we used was cotton compost (COTTON COMPOST). We are always grateful that cotton compost has been made by Nankai Tex corporation, a company that we […]
Tohoku cotton
Mr. Akasaka, who is both Tohoku cotton*¹ producer and the owner of EastFarm Miyagi, sent us the photo of this years’ seedling after Taishoboseki reported the completion of 2020 years’ ginning. The “Tohoku Cotton Project” is a project that aims at post-disaster reconstruction through agriculture, in which farmers who were affected by the tsunami grow […]
Taishoboseki cotton farm: Sowing
On April 23rd in 2021, Taishoboseki employees did sowing. About 40 members of Taishoboseki industries participated in sowing. By the day of sowing, a few members of the sales department broadcasted both chicken-manure and lime. The kind gentleman who owns this field made furrows already since then. This year, too, we will grow cotton using […]
Off we go! The beginning of Taishoboseki cotton farm 2021
We are going to kick start cotton farming as we did last year. Brown cotton will be grown as well this year. Please stay tuned, there is more to come!!
Community cleanup volunteering activity
We have been implementing community cleanup activity since last year as a part of SDGs activities. We picked up some trash nearby the area Taishoboseki in Hannan city, Osaka. Under the nice weather, a total number of 50 employees gathered there and played a part in this activity amid the spring season. We separated employees […]
The background of Ugandan organic cotton
We received the report from Ms. Miyashita who owns a Japanese culinary restaurant in the capital city, Kampala. Her report covers both the shipping notification of new cotton and the previous interview with a field manager Peter Maganda in GULU AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, a.k.a. GADC. -The background of Ugandan organic cotton- Peter: “GADC based […]
Upcycling project
We Taishoboseki initiated the “Upcycling Project” as SDGs promoting project. Have you ever heard “upcycling”? In short, the term “upcycling” can be referred to as “the process of converting discarded materials into something more useful, valuable, and aesthetic.” We had a business meeting with Sanyo Paper Co., Ltd located in Sennann city, Osaka, which is […]
Taishoboseki cotton farm 2020
It’s been six years since we last grow cotton. The area of this farming field is about 80 tsubo, which is accounted for 259.2 square kilometers. We can visit there by driving within almost 10 minutes from our plant in Hannan city. There are many cultivation-abandonment-grounds here and there. It is natural to assume that […]