2021 Jinshan Sweet Potato Season Online Purchase Kicks Off: You Buy Sweet Potatoes, We Give Away a Gogoro!

[TB News Network] Late summer and early autumn is exactly the season when sweet potatoes are abundant in Jinshan District, New Taipei City! The North Coast is the main sweet potato production area in New Taipei, and among them, Jinshan District's sweet potatoes are famous far and wide. The district's planting area exceeds 90 hectares, and the annual output reaches as high as 1,775 metric tons, making it the largest sweet potato production area in New Taipei City. Jinshan District's unique natural resources - semi-sandy clay soil, irrigation with water from the Yangmingshan mountain system, and the blowing of the northeast monsoon - have made the sweet potatoes of Jinshan District, New Taipei City, soft, fluffy, and sweet, the best in all of Taiwan. The Tainung No. 66 red-fleshed sweet potatoes and Tainung No. 57 yellow-fleshed sweet potatoes produced by Jinshan farmers are both the cream of the crop among sweet potatoes, rich in vitamin A, B1, B2, C and minerals such as iron and calcium, with high nutritional value. This year, due to the pandemic and in line with epidemic prevention policies, the Jinshan District Office specially brought together the Jinshan District Farmers' Association and local young farmers to successively launch a "Buy Jinshan Sweet Potatoes and Win Big Prizes" campaign on online platforms. From now until October 10, as long as you buy Jinshan sweet potatoes on designated platforms, you have a chance to ride home a Gogoro VIVA!

Jinshan District Chief Liao Wu-hui stated that for this event, the Jinshan District Office has specially combined diverse purchasing platforms. In addition to the physical channel - the Jinshan District Farmers' Association, where you can buy on-site or order by phone - Jinshan sweet potatoes have also been listed on the e-commerce platform "SHOPLINE"; people in the Taipei, New Taipei, and Keelung areas can also purchase high-quality Jinshan sweet potatoes through the vegetable and fruit boxes launched by "LINE TAXI" Professional Farmers. To encourage people to support Jinshan's local specialties through action, this year they have specially combined sales on the above different platforms and planned a lucky draw for purchasing sweet potatoes. The grand prize is a Gogoro, and there are also many great gifts such as a 65-inch LCD monitor, a robot vacuum, and an air fryer to attract buying interest, hoping to continue promoting high-quality Jinshan sweet potatoes to the whole country amid the pandemic.

Jinshan District's soft, fluffy, and sweet sweet potatoes are suitable both as a staple food and as a souvenir. This online sweet potato purchase event is held in cooperation with the Jinshan District Farmers' Association and local young farmers. A variety of sweet potato agricultural products and online lucky draw activities await you to come taste something new and grab some great deals. The hospitable Jinshan farmers will also hold sales exhibitions on September 23 to September 24 and September 25 to September 26 respectively at the Banqiao Farmers' Association in the metropolitan area and at Taipei Hope Square. This special wonderful flavor of summer can be conveniently purchased by taking the MRT and shared with family. The Jinshan District Office recently (August 30) held the Sweet Potato King Competition, and the awards were presented today. The winning sweet potatoes in the weight category and the top 30 sweet potatoes in the shape category were displayed on-site. Sweet potatoes produced in Jinshan District have always been a guarantee of quality. This time, the weight king in the Sweet Potato King Competition weighed as much as 5 kilograms, and the sweetness king was even sweeter than watermelon. The shape category entries were in a thousand and one postures. The competition results once again show that the sweet potatoes nurtured by Jinshan District are excellent both inside and out, with substance and good looks. The public is encouraged to support Jinshan's local agricultural products.

The following is information on the 2021 Jinshan Sweet Potato Season online purchase platforms. Jinshan sweet potatoes will successively be listed on each platform. • Jinshan District Farmers' Association purchase website (https://bit.ly/3yNsSje); Phone: 02-24987158 • SHOPLINE purchase website: https://dafunservice681.shoplineapp.com/ • LINE TAXI | Professional Farmers purchase website (https://linetaxi.com.tw/category/coupon/) For the latest event details, please visit the New Taipei City Jinshan District Office website (http://www.jinshan.ntpc.gov.tw/) and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/jinshangov), or call the "2021 Jinshan Sweet Potato Season Event Team" at 02-23212738 for inquiries.