Development of Organic Farming by Agricultural Co-operative in Cooperation with Consumers' Co-operative

This paper attempts to clear the development of organic farming by the agricultural co-operative in Iwami-cho, mountain areas of Shimane pref., in cooperation with a consumers' co-operative, "coop Hiroshima" Iwami agricultural co-operative has attempted to make sound for agricultural environment more than 10 years ago. For example, it has made a lot of composts of dung and bark, both are regional resources, and used agricultural medicines made from natural resources instead of agricultural chemicals. Iwami agricultural co-operative first traded organic products directly with "Coop Hiroshima" in Hiroshima city in 1982. Coop Hiroshima has set a high value on reliable organic products, because, in urban dietly life, amount of reliable agricultural products, with less used agricultural chemicals and good taste vegetables in season have decreased in gradually. The betterment of dietly life in urban area is linked with the development of the organic farming, which makes use of regional resources. And both of them has been carried out by the cooperation of agricultural and consumers' co-operatives