Both the reality of radiation and the rumors surrounding it continue to plague farmers in Fukushima Prefecture a year into the crisis that started last March 11 when a megaquake and monster tsunami put a local nuclear plant on a path to three reactor meltdowns.
Many farmers had to give up growing and just get away, particularly those in the immediate fallout zone of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 power plant. They left their fields to whither and their livestock to fend for themselves.
But there are others trying every means possible to remain in farming and overcome the crisis.