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Yinchuan Sustainable Farm's organic rice growers cultivate agricultural talent through organic life camps
Organic rice growers take on the responsibility of nurturing agricultural talent! Yinchuan Sustainable Farm launches a land restoration revolution through organic life camps. Arriving in Fuli Township, Hualien, Taiwan, China, one is greeted by rice paddies everywhere, and this is Fuli rice, one of the "Three Treasures of Fuli" alongside shiitake mushrooms grown on logs and daylilies. Hualien has the largest organic cultivation area in all of Taiwan, about 2,800-plus hectares, and Yinchuan Sustainable Farm is the largest organic rice grower in all of Taiwan, cultivating 680 hectares of organic rice a year, but for Yinchuan, the connection to this land in Hualien is not merely planting rice in the fields, but taking root locally through "organic life camps."
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Over a thousand rejects of flowers destroyed; florist says they can still hold on, but the ones suffering are the flower farmers
During the pandemic prevention period, fresh flowers cannot wait for the outbreak to ease. Jing Zhiming, the second-generation head of Yongjin Flowers, said over 100,000 yuan worth of flowers were thrown away in a month, but he feels even more for the flower farmers who lost everything. Photo by Chen Zhiyuan. Image source: Apple Daily News "This year is the year the most flowers have been thrown away
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Drought Hard to Relieve, Spring Tea Output Cut by 30 Percent, Tea Farmers Cry Out in Distress
With drought and little rain, Zhanghu District, Yunlin's most important tea-producing area, has suffered heavy losses. The local village chief said that now is when the tea plants need water most, and without rain, the tea plants either wither and die or simply fail to grow. This year's spring tea will not only be cut by about 30 percent, but may even affect
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Why does India's Darjeeling black tea output keep rising amid drought and the pandemic?
Under the double blow of dry weather and the COVID-19 pandemic, the harvest season in India's key tea-producing regions is facing the dual threat of falling output and stalled tea-picking operations, which could push already-risen tea prices even higher. The UK's Financial Times (FT) reported,
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Heirloom seeds passed down through generations, yet over 95% have already disappeared from farmland
More than ten thousand years ago, humans realized they could keep part of the harvested seeds to replant the following year. "Xin Yu": The common people ate meat and drank blood, and clothed themselves in hides and fur; as for Shennong, he thought that crawling insects and running beasts were difficult to raise the people on, so he sought things that could be eaten, tasted the fruits of the hundred plants, and examined sour, bitter, and
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Succulent Watering Guide: How Often to Water and Whether to Soak Them Through
In recent years many people keep a pot of succulents such as cacti on their desk to relieve stress, but do you know how to water succulents correctly? Succulents do need water, but when watering you should use a sprayer to mist the surface of the growing medium. If too many water droplets are left on the leaves or the body of the plant
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Analysis of the Milk Powder Industry: Intensifying Competition Due to Declining Birth Rate
Judging from the birth rate statistics released this year, the domestic infant milk powder market is ushering in new changes, and the sales gap between domestic and foreign-funded milk powder brands is gradually narrowing. What is going on here? Let's take a look below. In what is called the "strictest milk powder new policy in history"
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How do you wash fruits and vegetables to get rid of pesticide residue thoroughly?
How to wash fruits and vegetables so you can eat with peace of mind: To remove pesticide residue from the surface of fruits and vegetables, consumers usually have to treat them before eating. The following methods, such as washing, peeling, storing and cooking, can all remove pesticide residue, letting people eat with peace of mind. Let's take a look.
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How should fruits and vegetables be washed to remove pesticide residues thoroughly?
Today's vegetables and fruits are all sprayed with pesticides, and pesticide residues are also very serious, so how should we wash them to minimize pesticide residues? Excessive nitrogen fertilizer on fruits and vegetables - beware of cancer. Although eating fruits and vegetables is good for health, when nitrogen fertilizer is used excessively, the nitrate present in leafy vegetables can trigger diseases such as esophageal cancer, gastrointestinal cancer and liver cancer.
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The case of how Zespri Kiwifruit became a billion-dollar brand through stable production
To build a fruit brand, large-scale production with stable quality is an essential prerequisite. Next, we attempt to use the case of the New Zealand kiwifruit producer Zespri to explain how technological upgrading and organizational change reduce the impact of the natural environment
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