Baby-boomer retirees find new life in farming in Toyota's home city

Baby-boomer retirees find new life in farming in Toyota's home city

NAGOYA, Japan - Kenji Nakahara, a retiree of Toyota Motor Corp., tends vegetables that he grows in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on July 28, 2012. He became a farmer after taking a city-run agricultural training course for retirees.

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