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As much as I love to talk
about the food we eat,

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there's a lot to say 
about the food we don't eat.

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The stuff we don't like, 
can't afford,

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or I've just never been offered, 
like fried tarantula in Cambodia,

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jellied moose nose in Canada.

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But then there are foods 
we're afraid to eat.

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We went to a region in Japan 
were fears about food grown there

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because of a very major 
and very tragic event

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have made consumers weary,

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which makes it like,
really hard for growers.

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FOOD FEARS

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(Noboru) A lot of sparrows
would come eat the rice.

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We fly kites instead of using scarecrows.

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Rice from this area has 
the highest rating, and it tastes great.

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This one is called Gohyaku Gawa.

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The green ones are Koshihikari.

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<i>This farm has been in Noboru Saito's
family for eight generations.</i>

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<i>A decade ago, 
Saito quit his government job</i>

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<i>to help his mom in the farm.</i>

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I'm 82 years old.

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After my son came back,

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my responsibilities lightened.

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<i>But year after he returned, 
disaster struck.</i>

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There was a massive earthquake.

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When I looked around, the mountains--

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there are lots in this area--

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so these mountains looked like

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they were being swayed or sliding.

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<i>That earthquake was a 9.1 magnitude.</i>

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<i>The fourth most powerful ever recorded</i>

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<i>That triggered a massive tsunami,</i>

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<i>killed more than 15,000 people,</i>

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<i>and damaged
more than a million buildings,</i>

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<i>including the Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Plant,</i>

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<i>which is still leaking radiation today.</i>

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<i>There's still piles of radioactive topsoil</i>

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<i>under black tarps near Saito's property,</i>

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<i>which is 50 kilometers
from the power plant.</i>

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(Noboru) Some people decided
to stop farming

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and fled to other regions
with their entire families.

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Personally, I didn't run away.

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I tried to make things work in this region
and fight the radiation.

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It's catching the B-waves
from the radiation.

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We have to make sure
the rice doesn't carry radiation.

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So every spring,

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we put potassium in our paddies.

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It'll absorb potassium
instead of [radioactive] cesium.

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This is known as inhibition of resorption.

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<i>The disaster has forced Sato
to find new ways</i>

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<i>to make sure his produce is safe,</i>

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<i>including raising money on the internet</i>

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<i>to buy a 22,000 dollar radiation tester.</i>

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(Noburu) Here, we have some peppers.

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You have to measure their weight first.

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560, 550 grams.

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And then you put it inside.

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The machine will measure the radiation

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and you can see whether or not
it's below the standard.

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It won't confirm until after 15 minutes.

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But already after 30 seconds,

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it's stabilizing at zero.

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<i>The Japanese government says
the food from Fukushima is safe.</i>

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<i>Two years after the meltdown,</i>

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<i>it reported the 1.5% of food products
were over the radiation limit.</i>

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<i>By 2017, that number dropped to 0.05%.</i>

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<i>But people are still reluctant.</i>

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If I bring my produce directly,

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I can answer questions.

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Since you Tomatoes

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just because customers are coming back,
doesn't mean the disaster is completely over

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by 2020 to

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the nuclear plant will run out of storage
facilities for radioactive, waste water

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and experts have advised the government
to release the water into the ocean,

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which could impact fishing and raise
new concerns about the Region's produce.

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Koji Fujiyama is also a farmer who she
met who specializes in luxury, peaches

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his strategy, for shaking the region
stigma is to be the best in the world.

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He's no more. Not good. Thanks.

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One more. Hold on. You are going to go down.
There are no tunic over my entire body.

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Hi. There are 24 psychiatrist
about communication and

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Who knows?

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His best pitches have three times
as much sugar as a supermarket Peach

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and they're priced at twenty
thousand dollars a piece.

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Oh, no kidding. It's event otaktay.

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Even his more affordable,
fruits are pretty expensive.

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The they could start.

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It's Japan prepares to Showcase its
recovery by hosting the Olympics,

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10 years after the earthquake.

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It's announced that the baseball and
softball events will happen in Fukushima

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Farmers.

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Here are excited

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that the games May give them the
opportunity to reintroduce the world

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to their produce. The
guy in immediate Danger.

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No, you're gonna knock out this material.

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Don't know, why do we cure go?

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Not the mama even then I could eat
it all seemed agitated. I dare ya.

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Similar for your jig is an eye on people
do that. They can't say that I did.