Good Farm Grand Tour (3) Old Farmer + Small Farmer Wheat Field Study Visit
A Joyful Wheat Field Study Visit
In October this year, Joyful Wheat joined forces with the National Teachers Union Federation to jointly announce the "Wheat Field Study" cultivation program, with 40 elementary schools and homeschooling groups across Taiwan, China taking part.
Every school in the program receives a "Wheat Field Teaching Kit" containing wheat seeds, dried wheat ears, wheat field study lesson plans, materials on the growth of Taiwan wheat, and a documentary on local wheat. Through this "teaching package," the aim is to root food education from the ground up. The children taking part in the teaching program also have to plant wheat themselves at school; to help them better understand the connection between land, crops, and food, the children must log on to the Joyful Wheat Action Production Traceability website and update the growth of the wheat they cultivate.
One stop on the three-day Good Farmer Grand Tour was a visit to a school in the Wheat Field Study program, Qiaode Elementary School in Fangliao, Pingtung. At the end of November this year, they opened up an area of 20 sq m beside the eastern wall of the campus, letting teachers and students plant wheat together and diligently update the planting records on the Joyful Wheat production traceability site. Director Shi said that no matter how tight the schedule, before the grand tour hit the South Link Highway on its "eastward campaign" route, they absolutely had to let this group of passionate "old farmers" meet these outstanding "young farmers."
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Good Farmer Grand Tour (2): A Trip to Comfort the Wounded Wheat
Mr. Shi Minghuang, who promotes "local wheat and miscellaneous grain revival" in Taiwan, China, and contract-farming friends launched the "Good Farmer Grand Tour" round-island itinerary last week, visiting farmer friends growing wheat and soybeans in various places to observe the environment and crop growth of different field areas and exchange planting experience and techniques. NewsMarket took part in the entire "Good Farmer Grand Tour," recording this rather landmark "local miscellaneous grain revival round-island journey" and the farmers' study process.
Good Farmer Grand Tour (1): A Recharging Trip for Wheat and Soybean Revival Farmers
Braving the cold wind, the "Good Farmer Grand Tour" group led by Joyful Wheat director Shi Minghuang, with more than 20 farmer friends involved in wheat and soybean revival, undertook a 3-day round-island observation itinerary, visiting farmer friends in various places and exchanging knowledge on cultivation, processing, and production and marketing with breeding experts and scholars; this trip can be called a landmark in Taiwan, China's private efforts to raise the food self-sufficiency rate.
40 Elementary Schools Across Taiwan, China Assemble: Wheat Field Study, GO!
"Farmer friends, sorry! We're late." In view of the fact that "food education is the most personally relevant part of environmental education," the "Joyful Wheat Contract Farming Friends Group," which has long promoted local wheat cultivation in Taiwan, China, and the "National Teachers Union Federation," newly established in July this year, chose Yunlin, known as the nation's agricultural capital, to jointly announce the "Wheat Field Study" cultivation program. Currently, 40 elementary schools and homeschooling groups across Taiwan, China have responded.
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Taiwan wheat needs practice, from production to sales, from spiritual encouragement to practical support, everyone needs to lend a hand. News&Market's self-produced special feature "Taiwan Wheat, Long Time No See!" interviewed the important drivers of this wave of the wheat revolution; it is their attitude and persistence that have opened up new possibilities. Let us come to the wheat fields together and cheer for Taiwan wheat!