In this blog, I'm gonna compare two organizations; Second Harvest Japan (2HJ) and Food For All (FFA).
◯What are some of the features that the groups have in common and how do they differ...in their approaches, activities, reasons for their existence, etc.?
Common features: Both organizations provide "Food Bank" and they distribute the meal to homelessness every week. Also, they provide the lecture.
Different features: FFA learn musical instruments. FFA is based on philosophy of community self- help. 2HJ deliver the food to house. 2HJ cooperate with some company.
◯What are the main activities or events that these groups carry out?
FFA: distribute food to homelessness / food served to guests at their free spiritual program every friday / collect food donated to the charity
2HJ: distribute a warm meal for homelessness at Ueno park every saturday (Harvest Kitchen) / provide foods for people who don't have enough food because of economical poverty (Harvest Pantry) / take back and deliver food which is scraped even we can eat to some welfare centers and institution for homelessness or maltreated children (Food Bank) / offer the lecture to spread "food bank" in Japan
◯From what you saw on their web sites, what surprised or interested you the most?
I was so surprised that the food loss amount is same as the annual production of rice.
Also, Japanese self-sufficiency rate of food is so low, and we depend the import. However we scrap 17,880,000t in a year. There are 20,000,000 people who is lower than the poverty line.
◯How would you be able to offer help to either organisation -- as a volunteer or supporter?
I think it is important for everyone to know the original state. Also we can donate food from internet site of 2HJ.
◯Which group seems to be more active? Why do you think so?
I think 2HJ seems to be more active. Because, they cooperate with many companies and it is persuasive. Also this organization is the first food bank in Japan, and it is easy to donate by internet site from anywhere.
2015年12月3日木曜日
＊Book Review＊６
Hello!
Today, I'm gonna tell about many country's identities of coffee.
In these day, hundreds of nations and millions people produce and consume coffee.
Brazil was the world's largest coffee producer in the nineteen century, and in 1906 Brazil produced 82 percent of global coffee supply. Afterward, many other countries start to produce coffee, and global production of coffee has increased, however, Brazil still produce 30 percent!
Similarly, Colombia produce coffee. Colombia was know as the good quality of the arabica beans, and it was spread into Colombia from Venezuela at 1870.
It was interesting for me to each of all countries have each connection with coffee. I'm looking forward to know about learn about the connection with Japanese culture.
Today, I'm gonna tell about many country's identities of coffee.
In these day, hundreds of nations and millions people produce and consume coffee.
Brazil was the world's largest coffee producer in the nineteen century, and in 1906 Brazil produced 82 percent of global coffee supply. Afterward, many other countries start to produce coffee, and global production of coffee has increased, however, Brazil still produce 30 percent!
Similarly, Colombia produce coffee. Colombia was know as the good quality of the arabica beans, and it was spread into Colombia from Venezuela at 1870.
It was interesting for me to each of all countries have each connection with coffee. I'm looking forward to know about learn about the connection with Japanese culture.
＊Book Review＊５
Hi!
In this blog, I 'm gonna talk about Ethiopia's coffee.
As you know, coffee was born in Ethiopia, and it is so important history for today's coffee history.
Also, it looks smoothly to be spread to all over the world.
However, Ethiopia struggled to protect intellectual property rights to the names of the coffee-producing regions provides. And it means how we can corporate and compete to control property rights to valuable commodities. Then, the Ethiopian government applied to trademark the names of "Harrar", "Yirgacheffe", and "Sidamo". Each of these trademark have unique flavor characteristics.
And Starbucks coffee already had applied for a trademark for these coffee; Sun-Dried Sidamo.
In 2007, the Yirgacheffe was granted by office, and Starbucks are managing the image carefully.
When I read this part, I thought it is difficult to keep and manage the good image of the coffee for a long time. And I thought people who have connections with coffee beans have to share the merit with everyone. So coffee pickers' hard works will decrease.
In this blog, I 'm gonna talk about Ethiopia's coffee.
As you know, coffee was born in Ethiopia, and it is so important history for today's coffee history.
Also, it looks smoothly to be spread to all over the world.
However, Ethiopia struggled to protect intellectual property rights to the names of the coffee-producing regions provides. And it means how we can corporate and compete to control property rights to valuable commodities. Then, the Ethiopian government applied to trademark the names of "Harrar", "Yirgacheffe", and "Sidamo". Each of these trademark have unique flavor characteristics.
And Starbucks coffee already had applied for a trademark for these coffee; Sun-Dried Sidamo.
In 2007, the Yirgacheffe was granted by office, and Starbucks are managing the image carefully.
When I read this part, I thought it is difficult to keep and manage the good image of the coffee for a long time. And I thought people who have connections with coffee beans have to share the merit with everyone. So coffee pickers' hard works will decrease.
Ethiopia coffee ＠Gorilla coffee / Shibuya
＊Book Review４＊
Good evening:)
Today, I'm gonna talk about coffee pickers.
First, I have a question to you!
When you eat or drink something, do you think about the hardships of makers?
My answer is "NO"...
I always drink or eat foods so naturally and, I don't imagine the scene of making food.
However, this book says that coffee pickers are the incessant labor.
Usually, we imagine a beautiful plantation of coffee from coffee's package, however it issn't paradise!
Coffee pickers have to do exhausting work everyday, and they hope the work become easy...
Secondly, we always connect with coffee physically, symbolically, and dimensionally.
Physical connect is a "bite". Also, symbolic connect means that coffee manifested in ritual practices. Finally, economic connections mean consumer willingness to drink coffee drives the commodity chain.
I always drink coffee naturally. However I learned that we have to thank to coffee pickers and people who have connection with a coffee.
Today, I'm gonna talk about coffee pickers.
First, I have a question to you!
When you eat or drink something, do you think about the hardships of makers?
My answer is "NO"...
I always drink or eat foods so naturally and, I don't imagine the scene of making food.
However, this book says that coffee pickers are the incessant labor.
Usually, we imagine a beautiful plantation of coffee from coffee's package, however it issn't paradise!
Coffee pickers have to do exhausting work everyday, and they hope the work become easy...
Secondly, we always connect with coffee physically, symbolically, and dimensionally.
Physical connect is a "bite". Also, symbolic connect means that coffee manifested in ritual practices. Finally, economic connections mean consumer willingness to drink coffee drives the commodity chain.
I always drink coffee naturally. However I learned that we have to thank to coffee pickers and people who have connection with a coffee.
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