The government slaughtered organic pastures, expropriated land to develop industrial zones, and Honey Ranch defended farming rights, vowing to "never give in"

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(by upstream and downstream reporters Lin Jiyang and Lin Xiejun)

When the organic ranch encounters the approach of the Green Energy Park, years of painstaking efforts will go up in flames! Xu Zishan, a hundred green farmers mentored by the Council of Agriculture, has created the only two organic livestock farms in Taiwan, "Honey Farm," which has gradually matured after seven years of development. however, the land she leases is facing the development and expropriation of the "Green Energy Park" of the Tainan municipal government. where will the organic pastures invested by entrepreneurial young farmers go?

Sweetheart Farm is located on the land of Taiwan Sugar Hong Kong Farm at the junction of Guiren and Rende, of which 40 hectares of agricultural land is leased and planted by farmers, and 60 hectares of forest around it belongs to Taiwan Sugar and the Environmental Protection Agency for afforestation, providing green space to regulate the climate and rich ecology. Because of the low-lying terrain, Xu Zishan grows large tracts of organic corn as feed for pastures and becomes a natural flood detention pond and an ecological pool for fireflies during the rainy season.

In the face of the crisis, Xu Zishan launched self-relief, citing Article 7 of the Organic Agriculture Promotion Law, which stipulates that "state-owned land must provide long-term leases to protect the farming rights of organic farmers." he asked the Tainan municipal government to stop expropriating agricultural land. However, the Council of Agriculture raised oil to put out the fire, saying that this law could not be used as a reason to oppose expropriation. Although the Tainan city government proposed to set aside the scope of expropriation, Xu questioned that the organic pastures surrounded by the industrial zone would eventually be forced to leave the farms. in order to defend the rights and interests of organic agriculture and other young farmers to rent land in the future, she advocated the preservation of forests and all farmland, and vowed that sweetheart farms would co-exist with the ecological environment.

Small organic farmers barge into the conference room, and city officials are indifferent to

On the afternoon of Monday, January 20, when there were still three days to go for the Spring Festival holiday, a group of farmers pulled up white cloth strips at the Rende District Public Office. They anxiously broke into the Tainan government's "Green Energy Park" site selection meeting, because the Tainan municipal government planned to expropriate nearly 100 hectares of land from TSC Hong Kong Farm at the junction of Tainan Rende and Guiren into an industrial zone in order to tie in with the construction of an industrial zone. It also includes the Honey Ranch, which covers an area of 9 hectares and is the only two organic livestock farm in Taiwan.

Rancher Xu Zishan and his farm partners broke into the meeting and shouted loudly that the Tainan municipal government violated the Organic Agriculture Promotion Law and must stop the plan immediately. Hearing her appeal to the meeting officials looked dazed: "Organic Agriculture Promotion Act?" Is there such a rule? "it is believed that Xu made a scene on purpose, the two sides exchanged opinions, and farmers were banned from taking photos and videotaping, and even the materials of the meeting could not be obtained.

"our farmers' rights and interests have been damaged the most, so why are they not respected from beginning to end?" Xu Zishan later recalled her sense of powerlessness at the time of her complaint. She described the official's attitude of "you talk about you and the procedures for industrial zoning go," which left her humiliated and angry.

Huantuan: the development of agricultural land in the name of green energy has caused ecological catastrophe. I hope the Tainan city government will find another plan.

"recently, birds of prey such as kestrels, crested goshawks, oriental bee eagles, crested vultures, and black-winged kites have been observed, as well as conservation species such as ring-necked pheasants. Birds of prey perch in woodland and then go to farmland to catch mice and snakes. Such ecology can not be found in the western plain. If the homes of these wild animals are to be developed into industrial zones, where will they move to? " He further stressed that 300 hectares of land from Shashi Farm has been designated as the Green Energy Science City, and that the city government has ignored the idle industrial land and continues to demand land development, which will cause new ecological catastrophe.

Wu Jen-pang, a researcher at the Environmental Group of Tainan Social University, is worried about hydrological changes. The neighborhood is a flood-prone area with torrential rain. Since the low-lying area of 99 hectares of Gangkeng Farm has become a natural flood control pool, farmers have already adapted to geographical conditions and planted flood-resistant crops during the flood season. If an industrial zone is set up and the land is raised by engineering, the flooding problem will certainly be transferred to the neighboring lower areas.