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Health and Functional Horticulture Lab
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A lab that studies how agriculture and horticulture can improve people's quality of life and revitalize local communities.

AboutAbout the lab
Agriculture and horticulture for people and communities.
The lab (health and functional horticulture) conducts research on using agriculture and horticulture to improve people's quality of life (QOL), and on community activities and revitalization, such as town development.
Its keywords are agriculture, horticultural activities, agricultural education, agriculture-welfare collaboration, the environment, health, food, and community.
The lab is based at the Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences on Kashiwa Campus.
The lab website lists the titles of past graduation and master's theses, and students who wish to join the lab are directed to refer to them.
Key terms
- QOL
- Short for Quality of Life. The richness of life, including physical and mental health and satisfaction with daily living.
- Agriculture-welfare collaboration (nofuku renkei)
- An approach in which agriculture and social welfare work together so that people with disabilities and others can play an active role in farming.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab has two research themes: improving people's QOL through agriculture and horticulture, and community activities and revitalization, such as town development.
View More ↗MembersFaculty
The Noda Lab's members consist of faculty, project researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- LecturerKatsuji Noda
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Yoorala Street Community Garden, plots 2” Aliceinthealice / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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