Takae– Author –
日本の新聞社系週刊誌記者、第二電電(現KDDI)広報責任者を経て米国留学。「持続可能な発展」などの政策比較研究を行い2000年カリフォルニア大サンディエゴ校で太平洋国際関係研究修士号取得。ハワイで有機園芸業を行っていたGary E. Johnsonとの結婚を機に2005年ハワイへ移住。翻訳出版とヨガインストラクターを続けながらGaryと共同で、「健康な食の生産、体と心の浄化、自然生態系の保全」を目的(3Pモットー)にした「森林農業+ヨガ・瞑想」プロジェクトをオアフ島ワイマナロで推進している。
After working as a reporter for a weekly newspaper and as a public relations manager at Daini-Denden (now KDDI), she moved to the U.S. to study comparative policies, such as on “sustainable development.” In 2000, she received her M.A. in Pacific International Relations from the University of California, San Diego, and in 2005, she married Gary E. Johnson, an organic gardener in Hawaii. While continuing to work as a translator, publisher, and yoga instructor, she has been working together with Gary on the Agroforestry + Yoga/Meditation project in Waimanalo, Oahu, which aims to “produce healthy food, purify the body and mind, and preserve the natural ecosystem (3P motto).”
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Reunion of the Second Nature Hawaii Volunteers
We had a BBQ event to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the Second Nature Farm on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Former regular volunteers who had worked hard every weekend during the pandemic to clean up the grounds and prepare the soil met for t... -
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A mongoose killed our chickens
A few days ago, Gary was staring at Ko’olau Mountain without words for a while. "What's wrong? "A mongoose killed our chickens..." Our grown chickens are free-range while Gary is on the farm, roaming around the farm eating fruit such as ... -
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The regrowth of the avocado tree
We recently had an exhilarating experience as an agroforestry farmer. This farm in Waimanalo on Oahu produces many tropical fruits such as bananas, papayas, ulu (breadfruit), etc. The most popular among them are creamy, delicious avocado... -
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A homecoming for two reborn ducks?
In April, two wild ducks started coming daily from somewhere to our agroforestry farm. When I first discovered them, I was so excited. I thought our farm-raised ducklings, killed by wild pigs or mongooses at night last year, had come bac... -
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Taro Harvest Festival at a Natural Farm in Hawaii.
Did you see the full moon tonight? What a big and beautiful moon it was just above the horizon! I stopped the car and fell in love with it with a sigh while driving home. The full moon in October, called “Hunter’s Moon,” is the moon that...