[MAFF] "NOUFUKU AWARD 2022" Winners Selected

On 17 January 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) announced the winners of the "NOUFUKU AWARDS 2022" (an agriculture and welfare partnership award). In order to promote the collaboration between agriculture and welfare throughout the country, the MAFF has awarded outstanding partnership projects since 2020.

It is organized by the "Consortium for Partnerships between Agriculture and Welfare," which was established in March 2020 by the MAFF in cooperation with related organizations.

The award winners are as follows:                                      

(1)   Grand Prix (2 organizations)

  • Nanohana, Yuzurihakai SWC (Maebashi, Gunma)
  • Kyodo Gakusha Shintoku Farm, Agricultural Producers’ Cooperative Corporation (Shintoku, Hokkaido)

(2)   Grand Prix Runners-up (3 organizations)

(a) "Cultivating People" Category

  • Cottiina, a Type B continuous employment support office of Hoyu SWC (Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture)

(b)  "Cultivating the Community" Category

  • CSW Otome, a multifunctional office of Pastel SWC (Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture)

(c)   "Cultivating the Future" category

  • Tsukiyama Fukushikai SWC (Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture)

(3)   Excellence Awards (6 organizations)

  • Sun Farmers Corporation (Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
  • Kasama Nouen Corporation (Uchinada Town, Ishikawa Prefecture)
  • SOLEIL, a Type A/B continuous employment support office of DAI Corporation (Seki-shi, Gifu Prefecture)
  • Hayatsuki Nouen, Arita Tsukushi Fukushikai SWC (Aritagawa-cho, Wakayama Prefecture)
  • Nonkina Noujo Abu Office, E.G.F. SWC (Abu-cho, Yamaguchi)
  • Dejima Fukushi Mura SWC (Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture)

(4)   Fresh Award (6 organizations)

  • Terunuma Co,m Ltd. (Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture)
  • Pia Miyashiki No.1 Workshop, a disability welfare service office, Tsuchibokai SWC (Isumi City, Chiba Prefecture)
  • Kanazawa City Agricultural Cooperative (Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture)
  • COCOTOMO FARM Corporation (Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture)
  • SANKYU – Thank You!!! (Kyotanabe City, Kyoto Prefecture)
  • WAKO WORLD Corporation (Iyo City, Ehime Prefecture)

(5)   Challenge Award (6 organizations)

  • Satoni Class Kobo, a Type A continuous employment support office of Satoni Class, Nonprofit organization (Satoniklas Koubou) (Tsukigatamachi, Hokkaido)
  • Sanriku Laboratory Corporation (Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture)
  • Ishinomaki Farm, General Incorporated Association (Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture)
  • Hattendo Farm Corporation (Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
  • Osumi Peninsula Noufuku Consortium (Minami-Osumi Town, Kagoshima Prefecture)
  • Miyako Fukushikai SWC (Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture)

See below for more information:
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/press/nousin/kouryu/230117.html

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