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"For Disaster Preparedness—What Is the Easy-to-Do 'Rolling Stock'? Why Not Give It a Try Once?" Do you know "rolling stock," which prepares for disasters? It's a stockpiling method of buying extra of the longer-shelf-life food you normally eat and replenishing only what you've eaten. When it comes to emergency rations...

A venture making stylish "dried vegetables" — the aim of an entrepreneur in his early 20s. Non-standard organic and reduced-pesticide vegetables grown in hilly and mountainous areas of northern Kyoto Prefecture are dried and sold in stylish packaging. Peach-colored turnips called "Mononosuke," strongly sweet carrots called "Kyo Kurenai," and...