An open campus was opened online for those who are considering admission to the "Strawberry Department," which was set up at the Agricultural College in Tochigi Prefecture, which has the highest production of strawberries in Japan.
Tochigi Prefectural Agricultural College in Utsunomiya City is a prefectural facility where you can spend two years learning techniques and knowledge in the agricultural field, and the first "strawberry department" in Japan was established.
On the 23rd, next spring, an open campus was held online for those who are considering admission to the "Strawberry Department", and 18 people aged 17 to 51 participated.
Among them, the staff of Agricultural University explained to the participants that this department attaches great importance to practical training and occupies about half of the lessons, and that it conducts practical lessons aiming at farming. I did.
A 28-year-old man who participated said, "I participated because I wanted to try farming in the future. I'm glad I was able to know the specific flow up to farming."
Tochigi Prefecture has the highest strawberry production in Japan for 52 consecutive years, but with the aging of farmers, we are aiming to develop young producers, and Professor Takashi Ohashi of Tochigi Prefectural Agricultural College said, "The pamphlet alone can tell you. I was able to directly convey the missing parts. I would like to develop the prefecture's specialty strawberries. "