Kagoshima City Agri-Park (Green Farm Kiire)
Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan · Operator: 鹿児島市（観光農業公園）
Overview
A 413,000-square-metre municipal agri-park in Kiire, Kagoshima. With experience plots, a stay-type citizens' farm and an environmental-learning building, this free-admission facility lets residents enjoy farming, food and learning about circular agriculture.
Citizen participation
Under the keywords 'grow, enjoy, taste, learn,' residents take part in farming experiences such as harvesting seasonal vegetables and in environmental learning about circular agriculture. There is also a stay-type citizens' farm (annual contract) pairing a plot with a simple lodge. Admission is free.
Operating model
A municipally run agri-park in Kagoshima City. Admission is free, combining hands-on, food-education and environmental-learning programmes with an annual-contract stay-type citizens' farm as a public-facility model.
Impact
It broadens food education and understanding of circular agriculture by offering residents hands-on learning about farming, food and the environment.
Land tenure
Stay-type citizens' farm in a public park leased on annual contracts
Crops
- vegetables
- fruit
Scale
413,000 m² — 総面積41.3ha。体験用農地・滞在型市民農園（年間契約・簡易宿泊所付き）・環境学習棟・直売館・農園レストランなど
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This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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