[Available for Interview] Local Elementary School Students to Release Juvenile Ayu Fish
Green Co-op Community, in collaboration with the Yamaguni River Fishery Cooperative, will hold a juvenile ayu fish release event with local elementary school students on May 12, 2026. This initiative aims to enhance understanding and interest in the environmental conservation of the Yamaguni River.
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Green Co-op Community, a general incorporated association comprising 16 consumer cooperatives primarily in Western Japan (Headquarters: Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City; Representative Director: Yoko Hidaka, hereinafter "Green Co-op"), along with Green Co-op Consumer Cooperative Federation and Green Co-op Milk Co., Ltd., will jointly conduct a juvenile ayu (sweetfish) release with local elementary school students on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in collaboration with the Yamaguni River Fishery Cooperative (Nakatsu City, Oita Prefecture).
Last year's release (May 2025)
This initiative aims to enhance understanding and interest in the environmental conservation of the Yamaguni River by releasing juvenile ayu with local elementary school students. This year, children from Nakatsu City Misato Elementary School and Nakatsu City Shimogo Elementary School will participate and release juvenile ayu. At the end of the activity, there will be experiences such as tasting grilled ayu with salt, allowing participants to connect with the blessings of nature.
[Background of the Initiative]
Green Co-op has been supporting the Yamaguni River Fishery Cooperative's "Yamaguni River Environmental Conservation and Fish Breeding Protection Activities" since 2024. This year, approximately 3,000 juvenile ayu are planned to be released. Green Co-op will continue its efforts in releasing living organisms, aiming for coexistence between the community and nature.
Green Co-op's initiatives to protect the rich nature of the Yamaguni River
https://milk.greencoop.or.jp/saveyamakunigawa/
[Event Outline]
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM (Canceled in case of rain)
Location: Release point behind the premises of Green Co-op Milk Co., Ltd. (along the Yamaguni River)
1237-1 Uso, Yamakuni-machi, Nakatsu City, Oita Prefecture
Participants: Misato Elementary School 3rd graders, Shimogo Elementary School 4th and 5th graders (20 children), 4-6 accompanying teachers, Oita Prefectural Northern Promotion Bureau (2-3 people), Nakatsu City (2-3 people), Green Co-op related personnel (10-12 people)
Organizers: Green Co-op Consumer Cooperative Federation, Green Co-op Milk Co., Ltd., Yamaguni River Fishery Cooperative
Content: ① Juvenile ayu release experience (individual release using buckets) ② Salt-grilled ayu tasting and interaction
[Green Co-op's Symbiotic and Circular Dairy Farming Project]
Green Co-op promotes the "Symbiotic and Circular Dairy Farming Project." They have established a system to stably supply safe, secure, affordable, and delicious bottled milk. In July, "Yabakei Farm," a dairy farm with 1,000 cows, is scheduled to open in Yabakei-machi, Nakatsu City, establishing a circular agricultural system integrating feed, farm, factory, and distribution.
Green Co-op's Symbiotic and Circular Dairy Farming Project
https://milk.greencoop.or.jp/
Organization Overview
General Incorporated Association Green Co-op Community
1-5-1 Hakataekimae, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City
Representative Director Yoko Hidaka
https://www.greencoop.or.jp/
In 2018, the "General Incorporated Association Green Co-op Community" was established with Green Co-op Consumer Cooperative Federation, Green Co-op Social Welfare Corporation, Labor Cooperative, and 16 consumer cooperatives and various organizations across Kyushu (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Oita, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima), Kinki (Osaka, Hyogo, Shiga), Chugoku (Tottori, Okayama, Shimane, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi), and Fukushima. They have been operating as community-rooted consumer cooperatives, sharing and cooperating with what they have, like a single Green Co-op. Starting from a mother's desire to "feed safe and secure food to children," they aim to enrich each region.
Last year's release (May 2025)
This initiative aims to enhance understanding and interest in the environmental conservation of the Yamaguni River by releasing juvenile ayu with local elementary school students. This year, children from Nakatsu City Misato Elementary School and Nakatsu City Shimogo Elementary School will participate and release juvenile ayu. At the end of the activity, there will be experiences such as tasting grilled ayu with salt, allowing participants to connect with the blessings of nature.
[Background of the Initiative]
Green Co-op has been supporting the Yamaguni River Fishery Cooperative's "Yamaguni River Environmental Conservation and Fish Breeding Protection Activities" since 2024. This year, approximately 3,000 juvenile ayu are planned to be released. Green Co-op will continue its efforts in releasing living organisms, aiming for coexistence between the community and nature.
Green Co-op's initiatives to protect the rich nature of the Yamaguni River
https://milk.greencoop.or.jp/saveyamakunigawa/
[Event Outline]
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM (Canceled in case of rain)
Location: Release point behind the premises of Green Co-op Milk Co., Ltd. (along the Yamaguni River)
1237-1 Uso, Yamakuni-machi, Nakatsu City, Oita Prefecture
Participants: Misato Elementary School 3rd graders, Shimogo Elementary School 4th and 5th graders (20 children), 4-6 accompanying teachers, Oita Prefectural Northern Promotion Bureau (2-3 people), Nakatsu City (2-3 people), Green Co-op related personnel (10-12 people)
Organizers: Green Co-op Consumer Cooperative Federation, Green Co-op Milk Co., Ltd., Yamaguni River Fishery Cooperative
Content: ① Juvenile ayu release experience (individual release using buckets) ② Salt-grilled ayu tasting and interaction
[Green Co-op's Symbiotic and Circular Dairy Farming Project]
Green Co-op promotes the "Symbiotic and Circular Dairy Farming Project." They have established a system to stably supply safe, secure, affordable, and delicious bottled milk. In July, "Yabakei Farm," a dairy farm with 1,000 cows, is scheduled to open in Yabakei-machi, Nakatsu City, establishing a circular agricultural system integrating feed, farm, factory, and distribution.
Green Co-op's Symbiotic and Circular Dairy Farming Project
https://milk.greencoop.or.jp/
Organization Overview
General Incorporated Association Green Co-op Community
1-5-1 Hakataekimae, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City
Representative Director Yoko Hidaka
https://www.greencoop.or.jp/
In 2018, the "General Incorporated Association Green Co-op Community" was established with Green Co-op Consumer Cooperative Federation, Green Co-op Social Welfare Corporation, Labor Cooperative, and 16 consumer cooperatives and various organizations across Kyushu (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Oita, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima), Kinki (Osaka, Hyogo, Shiga), Chugoku (Tottori, Okayama, Shimane, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi), and Fukushima. They have been operating as community-rooted consumer cooperatives, sharing and cooperating with what they have, like a single Green Co-op. Starting from a mother's desire to "feed safe and secure food to children," they aim to enrich each region.