Li Shan advocates practice, Hui wants a piece of organic farm.

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The concept of satoyama is one of the hot topics in recent years, which originates from the construction of a variety of rural environment in Japan with traditional rural landscapes, including cultivated land, rice fields, water diversion channels, ponds, farms and rural settlements.

In the Yulishan landscape, many different kinds of plants and topography gather in the same area at the same time, creating the diversity of the landscape, thus becoming the habitat of many wild animals. in addition, Lishan culture also takes into account the concepts of agricultural "three lives", that is, production, life, ecology, and so on. Huiyao Organic Farm, located in Tucheng District of New Taipei City, is less than 7 minutes' walk from Tucheng MRT Station. In the complicated urban area of Tucheng, brother Qiu Xianhui builds the emotion between people and land with the purest heart and the simplest farming, and practices the goal of sustainable development of the environment.

Huiyao organic farm intersection, hiding in the secret land of the country road. (photography _ Pinja) the predicament from habitual to organic road

When we were still wondering whether the intersection was here or not, there was a distant voice full of breath: "here it is!" Brother Qiu Xianhui, the owner of the farm, waved his hand, and a group of people walked mightily along the country road to the farm.

That year, the Taipei Detention Center was going to be relocated to Tucheng, and the government wanted to expropriate land from Brother Xianhui. "maybe God gave this land a new life." Brother Xianhui said. At that time, he gathered the strength of nearby residents to express his willingness to refuse expropriation to the government, so he got to know elites about agricultural land and agriculture, such as legislator Tsai Peihui and Professor Xu Shirong. He ignited his thoughts on sustainable land use and environmental protection, and the process from habitual to organic began.

Through the introduction and teaching of many friends, Brother Xianhui learned how to prosper with the land, especially for farming. "do you know? In fact, farmers don't like spraying pesticides at all. " Brother Xianhui said, "the pesticide itself does some harm to vegetables. If farmers spray it through the air as a medium, they will return to their bodies, especially the elevated fruits, which are simply risking their lives." some farmers really left because of this. " Indeed, nowadays, with the customary agricultural method as the mainstream farming method, in order to cope with the huge consumer market, the layered planting mode of plant factories has become the goal pursued by agricultural producers, precisely because of the aforementioned mode of production. As a result, the price of vegetables can be reduced to a certain price, and when consumers are looking for products in the market, the price is nothing more than the greatest consideration of their willingness to buy. This is also a confrontation between organic farming law and customary agricultural law, not only that, the sales channel is also one of the problems, and brother Xianhui has solutions to these problems.

The access road is the lifeblood of agriculture. If you get through the agriculture, you will get through naturally.

On the issue of access, Brother Xianhui uses the CSA model (community-supported agriculture) to establish his relationship with consumers, buying from the most direct place of origin, so that consumers are willing to buy organic agricultural products at higher prices and remove barriers to prices. In addition, even though consumers in other counties and cities like his vegetables very much. He still told them that "local production and local consumption" asked them to go to the local farmers' association to ask local organic-friendly small farmers to achieve the goal of reducing food mileage and sustainable environment. Brother Xianhui said, "I have a client who buys my organic vegetables and goes back to feed his parrot." Because the parrots that the customer had previously ate vegetables on the market, they died because of pesticide residues. " This story sounds incredible, but it also shows that consumers trust these organic agricultural products and are alert to the pesticide problems of agricultural products on the market, just because the human body is functional enough to cope with pesticides, it does not mean that there will be no problems with pesticides in the body.

During the visit, many consumers came here to buy vegetables with Brother Xianghui. in terms of channel sales, it is no longer a problem for Brother Xianhui. "if one day you are parents, you will feel that the health of your children is more important than anything else." it should be said that 'health' everything is important! " Brother Xianhui said.

The improvement of agricultural environment will bring nature back.

On brother Xianhui's farm, birds run on the ground without worry; insects enjoy their habitat without worry. "the establishment of the environment is not easy. On such a farm, every species plays its own role." Brother Xianhui said. In order to improve the soil quality, he used composting technology to improve the soil. There are many kinds of compost, including kitchen waste, horse dung, shells, and so on. Through natural fermentation, improving the characteristics of the soil and strengthening the soil's geographical location, you may think that a pile of kitchen waste will certainly attract a lot of flies and maggots outdoors, causing the environment to be dirty and smelly. Brother Xianhui pointed to the chickens and said, "that's why I need them." Using chickens to dig maggots from compost and dealing with problems in a natural food chain is fully in line with the idea of being environment-friendly.