JA Osaka City Midori Farms (allotments)
Osaka, Japan · Operator: 大阪市農業協同組合（JA大阪市）
Overview
JA Osaka City’s Midori allotment network across the city. With no city-run allotments, it is core soil infrastructure for neighbourhoods including Tsurumi near Yokozutsumi.
Citizen participation
Allotments for Osaka City residents/workers under JA’s Midori program (11-month leases, first-come). Users usually supply seeds/tools. Tsurumi plots include Yasuda, Nakachaya and Moroguchi near Yokozutsumi.
Operating model
JA-mediated allotment network on member farmland. Osaka City runs no municipal allotments and points people to JA, private and farmer-run sites.
Impact
Opens scattered urban farmland to everyday citizen use as the default allotment layer by ward.
Land tenure
Citizen allotments under Japan’s special farmland-lease frameworks
Crops
- vegetables
- flowers
Scale
平野・東住吉・生野・住吉・住之江・鶴見（安田・中茶屋・諸口／横堤周辺含む）・東淀川など市内複数区に分散。区画はおおむね20〜30㎡
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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