Brazil’s Unique, Self-Sustaining Yuba Community

EDITOR’S NOTES: In the 1930s, a group of Japanese immigrants settled in an area of Brazil called Aliança with the intention of establishing a colony. Among them were Isamu Yuba and his family. Yuba, along with some friends, later went on to purchase land in the area. They had a vision of establishing their own self-sustaining farming community with the values of “cultivation, prayer, and art” at the forefront. Their vision eventually became the Yuba Community.
Today, the Yuba Community still follows Isamu Yuba’s original vision. It is a community that is distinct from the rest of ...