2021 年 26 巻 p. 66-73
We conducted participant observation, survey of face-to-face interviews and questionnaire, to reveal the system and the problems of a rural foods community. The community was established with 4 categories. 1) promoter (grandma Sayo), 2) core members, 3) support members and 4) visitors. In recent years, many visitors come to the community only to eat low price foods. However, promoter, core and support members hope to enjoy the communication with each other. The community do not have any defined objective and rule how to manage it. Therefore, following 3 factors 1) decide a goal of the activities, 2) establish the situation that the all members can enjoy the activities, 3) establish the situation that the new members easy to join the activities, will be needed to continue the community.