Inaguri Farm (Agricultural Experience Project)

Would you like to try growing vegetables with your family?

　This project aims to provide families with the opportunity to learn about Inagi agriculture and food education while growing crops together. Participating families can experience crop cultivation using fields in the city under the guidance of the Inagi City Agricultural Committee. Seedlings and farming tools will be prepared by the organizers, so you can participate with ease. Would you like to experience how crops grow, from planting to harvesting, as a family?

Sweet Potato Cultivation Experience for Fiscal Year 2025

Period

From May to October of the 7th year of Reiwa (planting and harvesting will be conducted together)

Location

Field in the city (Higashi-Naganuma 1721-1)
　Note: There are no parking or bicycle parking facilities.

Eligible Individuals

Households with children living in the city
　Note: Up to 5 people per household / Age of children is not specified

Participation Fee

1,500 yen per household
　Note: Payment will be made via credit card or PayPay.
　Note: Includes the cost of vegetable seedlings, fertilizers, etc.

Work Schedule

1. Joint Planting

Schedule
　Scheduled for May 17, 2025 (Saturday)

Contents
　(1) Bed Preparation
　(2) Planting Work

Note: The schedule may change due to weather conditions and growth status.

2. Tasks to be done individually

　During the cultivation period, each individual is responsible for managing the assigned plot (approximately 3.6 square meters), including weed control and watering. Differences in the quantity and quality of the harvest may occur due to cultivation management.

3. Joint Harvest

Schedule
　Scheduled for Saturday, October 11, 2025

Contents
　(1) Vine Cutting Before Harvest
　(2) Harvest
　(3) Excavation

Note: You can take the harvested items home.
Note: The schedule may change due to weather conditions and growth status.

Items to Prepare

• Shoes and clothes that can get dirty, work gloves
• Water, hats, towels, etc. (as measures against heatstroke)
• Shovel (only for those who need it for children)

Notes

• As a pest and disease control measure, we will use the minimum necessary pesticides for cultivation. (Pesticides will be applied uniformly by the management.)
• Due to climate and cultivation management, there may be differences in the quantity and quality of the harvest. The purpose of this project is to gain experience in cultivation, and we cannot guarantee the harvest, so please participate with this understanding.
• There are no toilets or water supply in the fields. Please bring your own water when watering the fields.
• The field is borrowed from a farmer. Please use it while observing manners to avoid damaging facilities and other structures.

About Application

How to Apply

Apply using the application form below

• Application Form: Inaguri Farm (Agricultural Experience Program)(External Link)

Application Deadline

Until Thursday, April 10, 2025

Capacity

20 groups (applications by household / up to 5 people per household)

Application Requirements

• Residents of Inagi City
• Participation is possible with the family, including children
• Management of weeding and other tasks within the plot can be performed during the cultivation period.
• You can communicate with the secretariat via email
• You can pay the participation fee using credit card payment or PayPay payment.
• Agree to the use of pesticides related to cultivation

　Note: Applications are limited to one per group. (If there are duplicate participants, the application will be invalidated.)
　Note: If there are many applicants, a lottery will be held / Results will be notified by the end of April

Location of the field (Higashi-Naganuma 1721-1)

• Display Map(External Link)