Kronosfarm (Ichihara — Idemitsu × Plantio)
Ichihara, Chiba, Japan · Operator: 出光興産株式会社 × プランティオ株式会社（市原市と連携）
Overview
Membership community farms by Idemitsu and Plantio in Ichihara, Chiba—idle company land (2022) then a city park satellite (2023). Cited in planning reports as non-agri private-sector entry into urban gardens, drawing parenting households for food education and connection.
Citizen participation
Members share raised beds with coordinator and app guidance. Open days, kids’ ‘hatake LABO’, donations to children’s cafeterias and farm-to-table events; the park site lets non-members help water.
Operating model
An energy company pilots community farms on idle land and in a park, testing neighbourhood services, abandoned-farm reuse and ‘green food infrastructure’. Membership fees (tiered) plus paid events.
Impact
Shows idle-land and park reuse via corporate shared gardening, linking children’s cafeterias and food-ed; reports flag pricing and community-building as ongoing challenges.
Land tenure
Pilot on company idle land plus a PPP satellite inside a municipal park
Crops
- vegetables
Scale
青葉台の社有遊休地apollo cultivatepark内（約3,620㎡のコミュニティ空間に設置）と、市原市総合公園（上総更級公園）内約100㎡のサテライト。区画貸しではなく会員共同栽培
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