This study aimed to reveal the infl uence of vegetable growing, vegetable receiving, and vegetable buying in farmers’ markets on the frequency of vegetable intake among residents of mountainous rural areas with limited food access and flourished vegetable growing. We conducted a survey focusing on 20–74-year-old residents of a mountainous rural area in Gunma, Japan. The results of this survey indicated the follows: 1) a positive relationship between the frequency of vegetable intake and that of vegetable receiving for those who do not grow vegetables and vice versa; and 2) a positive relationship between the frequency of vegetable intake and that of vegetable buying in farmers’ markets for those with limited food access. According to these results, it is necessary to pay attention to these relations for future studies.

To revitalize rural areas, information originating from rural areas has been highly demanded. Social media such as SNS has been getting essential for information communication, however, because of the aging and depopulation, rural areas lack actors undertaking that role. In this study, we focused on information communication activities using Facebook pages by Community-Reactivating Cooperator Squad and clarified the actual situation and challenges of SNS use. As a result, the utilization ratio of the Facebook pages was low, and a few differences were observed in ways of using it between effectively using areas and not effectively using areas.