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Students aim to revive beef farming in Fukushima village hit by nuclear disaster
By SAYURI IDE/ Staff Writer
When Sota Sato sought a way to help rebuild his hometown of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, still evacuated from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, he discovered a mouthwatering solution.
The 23-year-old in the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences knew instantly last June when he bit into "madei" beef, a speciality of his village.
“It was so palatable that it almost brought tears to my eyes,” Sato recalled.
Madei beef is a variety related to Iitate beef, a premium Japanese "wagyu" that Iitate is known for. In the local dialect, "madei" means giving greater
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201601300021