JAPAN HOTEL AND FARM TEAM UP TO FEED WAGYU CATTLE SUPERFOODS
March 1st, 2018
A HOTEL and farm in Tokyo, Japan, have teamed up to raise wagyu cattle on superfoods in response to rising demand for low-fat, locally-sourced wagyu amidst a shortage of wagyu producers.
The project, which is currently in a six-month testing period, has surprised Japan’s wagyu industry, with experts noting the uniqueness of not only the farmer-chef partnership but also of the feed.
Yoshinobu Honda, chef de cuisine at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo, chose the Akikawa breed of wagyu cattle at Takeuchi farm, in a rural part of the greater Tokyo region, for the new kind ...
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