:55:06
How 'bout you, Taeko-san [Taeko]?
:55:08
Huh? Me?
:55:13
I don't think I'm obsessed...with work, but I don't hate it, either.
:55:23
As for me, well, I think I can do my best in agriculture, 'cause its
so interesting to raise living things.
:55:31
You...raise livestock?
:55:33
Huh?
:55:36
No, that's not what I meant. I do have cows and chickens, but I don't
mean livestock. Hey, look there...rice, as well as apples and
cherries, they're all living things.
:55:49
Ohh.
:55:50
Yep. If I take care of them the best I can, I feel like they respond
to me by trying to grow up their best.
:56:01
I guess I'm sounding a bit like some hotshot farmer, huh?
:56:06
Not at all...I feel I understand.
:56:11
To be frank, I was working at a company until recently. I'm really
just a beginning farmer, so...
:56:19
Oh...is that so?
:56:23
So y'know, with my parents still in good health, maybe that's why my
attitude is positive. But that's how I have to be, you see?
:56:31
I quit the company because someone doing ``organic farming'' called me
and asked me to try it, too. Everyone said I was a fool, but so far,
I have no regrets.
:56:41
``Organic farming?''
:56:45
``Farming that requires guts...farming that gives you guts.'' That's a
little joke.
:56:54
An ``organic farm'' uses as much compost as possible and as few
agricultural chemicals and chemical fertilizers as possible.