The Warmest Oranges - Students from Tainan National University of the Arts Partner with Farmers to Cultivate, Oranges Now on the Market!
Editor's note: The author of this article is a university student at Tainan National University of the Arts who has partnered with local farmers to jointly cultivate pesticide-residue-free liu-ding oranges (Citrus sinensis). After a year of effort, the fruit has passed pesticide residue testing and been confirmed one hundred percent free of toxins. The hard work of a full year has finally produced results, which is deeply gratifying. Liu-ding oranges are now coming into peak production, and friends everywhere are warmly invited to support this effort so that the deliciousness of these oranges can carry on into a second year! Ordering and contact information can be found at the end of this article.
───────────────────────────────────
The health of the environment and of people requires a reasonable economic income
Daqi is in Guantian District, Tainan City, a small village near Wushantou Reservoir, and also the location of Tainan National University of the Arts. Students in the Community Building group of the Graduate Institute of Architecture and Art at TNUA (that is, my senior classmates) have in recent years continued to accompany the community-building work of the Daqi community. My field of study is not agricultural technology; my starting point was to seek a possibility of the environment and people thriving together. Furthermore, "community building" is a field I care about, and I believe that the health of the environment and of people, along with a reasonable economic income, are important elements that community building cannot ignore.
Having practiced community building for several years, I had rarely touched on the subject of industry; I cared about the development of agriculture in Taiwan, but had never truly entered the links of production and marketing. Therefore, I began this project with local farming friends, and even promised the farmers a "guaranteed sell-out." Beyond a bit of naive optimism, the biggest reason was this: virtue does not stand alone; it will surely have neighbors.
