The Food sharing Restaurant opens a market and consumers come into close contact with extra fruits and vegetables.

The Food sharing Restaurant opens a market and consumers come into close contact with extra fruits and vegetables.

In order to reduce the waste of fruits and vegetables in the producing areas, the New Taipei Municipal Bureau of Agriculture promotes the "Food sharing Restaurant" program, which mediates the use of "special products of fruits and vegetables" by the catering industry, so that healthy and nutritious fruits and vegetables will not be wasted because their appearance does not meet market standards. Since joining the program, the "original vegetable food" located in the new store has not only regularly used carrots as ingredients for all kinds of dishes in the store, but also bought a variety of special products of fruits and vegetables from farmers for sale in the store. They even held a "small farmers' fair" in the store on the last Saturday of each month, giving the public a chance to have face-to-face contact with farmers.

Original vegetable founder Ke Shiyu and Jian Hyun originally worked in the same catering company, and the two people who loved food felt that they usually ate too many processed products and chemical improvements, hoping to enjoy a healthy diet in their daily life. Coupled with Jian Hyun's experience as a baker and keen on using various ingredients to create new dishes, they jointly founded the original vegetable works based on the concept of "extracting the original flavor of every fresh ingredient". They insist on eating fresh fruits and vegetables, and actively get in touch with farmers who advocate nature-friendly or organic farming methods to bring more good ingredients to customers through restaurant cuisine and small-scale farmers' bazaars.

Coco Lee, director of agriculture, said that at present, there are 31 "food-sharing restaurants" in Shuangbei City, and these operators all have a unique idea of being reluctant to eat, in addition to using extra vegetables. Choosing local fruits and vegetables, buying organic or friendly crops, and encouraging people to "empty dishes" or package are in fact the embodiment of the spirit of being reluctant to eat. The address of "original vegetable work" is on the first floor, No. 2, 58 Lane, Baoan Street, Xindian District, New Taipei City, Tel. (02) 8914-7185. If you are interested in joining the Food sharing Restaurant, please contact Mr. Zeng of the Bureau of Agriculture at 2960-3456 extension 3124. Members of the public can also visit the "New North Food sharing Network" (website: http://surplus-food.ntpc.gov.tw/)) to follow other food-sharing restaurants and new knowledge about food sharing.

▲ "original vegetable Food" Restaurant