Wu Wenyue: Sincerity speaks for itself, winning customers through word of mouth

Walking into the "Xinshi Net-House Organic Vegetable Garden" in Hukou, Hsinchu, this small yet beautiful vegetable garden, full of vitality and lush greenery, lives up to its name: net houses stand one after another, and everything planted inside is organic vegetables. When Wen-Yue was asked why he only grows leafy greens, he said it is because leafy greens are easy to grow, take a short time from sowing to harvest, and most importantly, everyone needs them. He hopes everyone can eat healthily every day and stay healthy too, so that his hard work in cultivation becomes meaningful!

For fellow farmers who also want to pursue organic cultivation, Wen-Yue offered some advice. Taking himself as an example, Wen-Yue was also a beginner in agriculture at first. He paid out of his own pocket to enroll in organic courses at National Hsing Wu University to learn organic growing knowledge. After retirement, he was even more diligent in making use of training courses at the Farmers' Academy, signing up for organic cultivation technique seminars at various agricultural improvement stations. Constantly recharging himself, absorbing knowledge and concepts is essential; in addition, interning on a farm is also a very good path. By doing hands-on work on a farm and taking part in the production process, one learns agricultural work, quality control, goods handling, and other operational knowledge and skills, observes agricultural production and crop types in each season, and at the same time assesses whether one can endure the hardship of farm work, rather than blindly following along. The period should preferably be more than one year so one can clearly understand the whole picture; finally, it is worth asking elders more about their failures. Behind every 1 success may come 99 failures, and learning from mistakes can also help one avoid many detours.