From Belgium to Taiwan, I went to my dream vegetable market for the first time.

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Quickly seize the precious time, buy pesticide-free guava, tribe e-buy vegetables, bamboo south zongzi …... Wait until you run out of cash. While I was buying, I repented and comforted myself, "just once a year to support small-scale farmers in Taiwan." It is difficult to buy more than 30 kilometers of agricultural products in a small farmer's market or a joint purchase of small agricultural products in Belgium. The carbon emissions produced by the heavy backpack behind me more or less reflect the planning problems of Taipei and agricultural production areas, as well as the fact that every inch of land in the city makes it difficult for the community to support agriculture.

New technology cash flow and logistics in the old church

Mobile payment in Belgium is just in its infancy, and most people are strange to QR codes. Although there are many farmers' bazaars around the country, they are still mostly cash transactions in traditional vegetable markets. However, aspiring volunteers with information background have launched the "local market", creating a new model of logistics and cash flow that people like to talk about.

In the western province of West Flanderen in Belgium, two "local markets" are small farmers' fair days every Friday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from food delivery, increase consumers' willingness to buy, and promote the concept of local agricultural products. The first "local market" site is to abandon the old factory, on the one hand, to revitalize the function of the old building, and on the other hand, to avoid the wind and rain; the second one is even more eye-catching, turning the church into a market and bar!

With the change of times, the probability of using churches is getting lower and lower. In addition to being idle as a cultural asset, conscientious local governments actively give the church a new mission. People enter the church market and the factory market and buy vegetables with a market transaction card. Merchants store the items and amount of goods purchased in the people's transaction cards until the exporters of the market only need to take out their wallets and pay with cash or financial cards, thus saving the problem of change for both buyers and sellers. The public can also place an order on the website in advance and pick up the goods directly from the market on Friday.

When adults buy vegetables and drink beer, children should also have fun. The "Local Market" provides hand-made playgrounds for children and holds workshops on feeding and rearing children. Let the food market become a daily life enjoyed by the whole family, rather than rigidly handing over to the housewife.

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