2016 Guandu Food and Agriculture Culture Experience Camp

In recent years, food safety scandals have erupted,

and beyond re-examining a market flooded with foods full of chemical and processed ingredients, some genuine and some fake,

shouldn't we also rethink where our food actually comes from, and rediscover the connection between food and the land?

To help everyone rediscover where food comes from, adopt healthy eating habits, and walk together into the rice paddies to enjoy the scenery, Guandu Nature Park invites you and your family and friends to learn about the fascinating rice food culture, understand environmentally friendly farming methods, food and agriculture issues (seasonal fruits and vegetables, eco-friendly farming, food additives), and agriculture-related natural ecosystems and issues. Working together on the same plot of land, you will observe the growth of rice seedlings through all four seasons and experience the deep emotion of close contact with the land.

Course Features

<Both Active and Quiet, Experiential Learning>Get hands-on experience with farm work in the field, paired with an introduction to related content before starting work.

At the end of the year, you can even take home the "2016 Autumn Harvest Taro-Fragrance Rice" that you earned through a year of hard work!

<Living the Practice, Eco-Friendly Eating>Lunch features vegetables from eco-friendly smallholder farms, putting an eco-friendly environment into practice in the small details of daily life.

<One Payment, Full Participation>The course content is continuous, so after the program starts, taking leave from a single session is not eligible for a refund!

Who Can Join

The general public and parent-child families (children must be at least ten years old), 40 people, first come, first served until full.

Event Location

Guandu Nature Park(No. 55, Guandu, Beitou District, Taipei City)

Event Schedule

01/24 (Sun) Scaly-breasted Munia Family Pre-Trip Orientation

2/20 (Sat) Seedling Raising: Group Games, Seedling-Raising Experience

03/26 (Sat) Spring Plowing: Rice Planting, Building Field Ditches, Digging Field Ridges

05/08 (Sun) Summer Cultivation: Pest Removal, Hand Weeding, Making Scarecrows

08/06 (Sat) Autumn Harvest: Harvesting, Threshing, Winnowing Experience

11/26 (Sat) Winter Storage: Rice Cracker Carving, Mound Building, Earth Oven Experience

12/17 (Sat) Celebrating a Bountiful Year: Making Fa Gao, Annual Review

Achievements

Become a member of the "Guandu Nature Park Scaly-breasted Munia Family," earn a task completion badge after each session (one each for spring plowing, summer cultivation, autumn harvest, and winter storage), and receive a family badge at the year-end bountiful year celebration.

Event Fee

Thanks to the sponsorship of HSBC Bank (Taiwan) Limited, the original event registration fee is 6500 yuan/person, and after the sponsorship discount it is 4500 yuan/person.

Registration Process

1. 2015/12/16 (Wed) 09:00~2016/1/14 (Thu) 17:00Online registration for the pre-trip orientation opens. For details, please visit the Guandu Nature Park official website http://gd-park.org.tw/
2. The Scaly-breasted Munia Family list will be announced on 2015/01/29 (Fri). You will be notified by letter to proceed with payment; please complete payment within 3 working days. Those who fail to pay by the deadline will be deemed to have automatically forfeited, and we will open the place to others.
3. Successful payment indicates that you agree to abide by our shared commitment, meaning the place can no longer be transferred to others.
4. Refund Policy: If you withdraw from the family before the first session (seedling raising) begins, refunds will be made according to the following rules; taking leave from a single subsequent session is not eligible for a refund. (Refunds are made by bank transfer, with a 30 yuan transfer handling fee deducted)