Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Organic-Farmers-Mr---Mrs-Ogawara-27MZIF27SEK8.htmlConceptually similarOrganic Farmer in Tamura CityGP02CIWCompleted★★★★Organic Farmer in Tamura CityGP02CIXCompleted★★★★Measuring Radiation on CropsGP02CISCompleted★★★★★★Measuring Radiation on CropsGP02CIRCompleted★★★★Organic Farmer in Tamura CityGP02CIUCompleted★★★★★★Organic Farmer in Tamura CityGP02CIVCompleted★★★★Evacuee Ms Ayako OgaGP03D7NCompleted★★★★★★Fukushima Evacuee Visits OrchardGP04UW2Completed★★★★Fukushima Evacuee Walks in OrchardGP04UW3Completed★★★★View AllGP03D7QOrganic Farmers Mr & Mrs OgawaraTatsuko Ogawara and her husband Shin. have been organic farmers for 26 years in Funehiki, tilling, planting and harvesting crops from the same soil their family has worked for six generations. On 15 March, four days after the earthquake and tsunami, the alarm on the family's radiation detector – which they bought due to radiation worries during the Chernobyl disaster - went off and kept beeping as radiation levels rose. For the family, it was a terrifying moment.The family evacuated to Koriyama for five days. However, worried about their small farm, her husband and his mother decided to return. “We have cattle and chickens and we had to come back to feed them. We couldn't leave them and go elsewhere.”“Until now I was anti nuclear energy, but I didn’t do much about it. And now that such a terrible accident has happened I’ve started to feel that if I don’t do something now then when wilI I do it? If we don’t do anything, who will? Every day I wonder what I should do. I’ve decided to try doing even tiny things, everything that I can offer.”Locations:Asia-Fukushima Prefecture-JapanDate:1 Nov, 2011Credit:© Robert Knoth / GreenpeaceMaximum size:7000px X 5741pxKeywords:Day-Eye contact-Farmers-Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant-Houses-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Natural disasters-Nuclear (campaign title)-Nuclear accidents-Nuclear radiation-Organic farming-Portraits-Radiation victims-Refugees-Sustainable agriculture-Two people-VictimsShoot:Fukushima Inhabitants and Evacuees PortraitsPortraits of Fukushima inhabitants, some still living in the area, others evacuated to other cities, in preparation for the one year anniversary of the Japanese tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disasters.Related Collections:Fukushima One Year On5th Anniversary of Fukushima Disaster in Japan5th Anniversary of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (Photos & Videos)2nd Anniversary of Fukushima Disaster Feature (All Photographers)