Tudi Foundation Wanli Erping Sweet Potato Field Planting Experience Camp 5/5
Do you love sweet potatoes for their wonderful texture and healthy deliciousness? Would you like to try growing them with your own hands and learn how they grow? The famous Jinshan red-fleshed sweet potato comes from the Jinshan Plain and the Wanli mountain area; thanks to the area's unique geographical conditions, the red-fleshed sweet potatoes grown here have a particularly fragrant, rich flavor.
In late spring, the area's once-a-year planting season is about to begin. For this reason, we have specially planned this sweet potato planting experience, inviting friends who love getting close to nature and are interested in experiencing farming to take part; you will be able to wander with like-minded friends through the broad mountain terraces surrounded by green hills and clear water, experience firsthand planting sweet potato slips, learn about their 120-day growth process, and after they finally ripen in the earth's nourishment, harvest and dig the sweet potatoes and roast them with your own hands! Experience a whole season of natural farming in a sweet potato field.
The planting site is the old home of Lin Chuan-chu, who is both a painter and a farmer. This land artist will lead participating friends to experience the physical labor, present-moment focus and rhythms of the earth together among the field ridges, and plant this year's seedlings of hope in anticipation of a sweet flavor before the Mid-Autumn Festival!
| Event Information |
 Content: Sweet potato slip planting experience |
| Date: May 5, 2012 (Sat) |
| Time: 09:30-16:00 |
| Address: Erping Mountain area, Wanli District, New Taipei City |
| Registration: Click the "I want to register" button below or email [email protected] and please include your name, phone number and whether you will drive(registration closes when full; children are not allowed to participate in this event) |
| Phone: For event-related questions, contact Ms. Lin at 0917-566-230 |
| Meeting: Please gather at 9:30 a.m. that day at the 7-11 across from Wanli Elementary School, and then the organizers will lead everyone to the event site together. |
| Organizer: Earth Holder Association Preparatory Committee (Earth Holder Foundation was the original planned name; at this stage it is being promoted by establishing a social association) |
| Website: http://www.earth-holder.com.tw/ |
| Facebook fan page: www.facebook.com/earth.holder |
| How to get to Wanli Elementary School | ||
| By bus | From Taipei | Take the Kuo-Kuang bus from Platform 7 at the City Hall Bus Station (next to MRT Taipei City Hall Station) and get off at Wanli Qiaotou Station (Wanli Elementary School); the ride takes about 40-50 minutes; |
| From Keelung | Take the Kuo-Kuang bus or Keelung Bus and get off at Wanli Qiaotou Station (Wanli Elementary School). | |
| By car | Sun Yat-sen Freeway | From the Badu Interchange exit of the Sun Yat-sen Freeway, or from the Jijin Interchange exit of the Northern Second Freeway, take the Jijin Highway and you will arrive. |