Water Garden Organic Farmers' Market holds Minor Cold tasting event on January 5, with recycling for gifts
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Water Garden Organic Farmers' Market Joins Hands for a Recycling-for-Gifts "Minor Cold Tasting Event"
An organic lifestyle is not just about your own health; it is also about environmental sustainability! The Water Garden Organic Farmers' Market will take real action to reduce plastic and protect the environment. This week, on January 5 (Saturday) afternoon, the public only needs to bring discarded, unused dry batteries, CDs, or old books from home to exchange them on site for a variety of eco-friendly gifts. Everyone is invited to put organic living and a friendly ecological environment into practice through action. In addition, "Minor Cold," the twenty-third of the twenty-four solar terms, will arrive this Saturday. To welcome the first week of the new year of 2013, the market and its small-farmer partners have prepared rich, mellow organic soy milk hot pot, steaming hot ginger tofu pudding, and a variety of organic vegetables and fruits, as well as a heartfelt ocarina concert brought by the market's little farmers. Everyone is welcome to come and share in a feast where health and art intertwine.
According to a folk proverb: "Minor Cold and Major Cold, so cold you become a ball of ice." Minor Cold is the coldest solar term of the year, so more attention must be paid to keeping warm and preserving health in daily life. In health preservation theory, this season emphasizes "nourishing the kidneys and guarding against cold." In terms of diet, it is advisable to reduce salty foods and increase bitter foods to nourish the heart and lungs and regulate the kidneys. If kidney function is strong, it can help regulate the body to adapt to the changes of severe winter, and one may eat more warm-natured foods to nourish the body. It is suggested to choose fresh vegetables and fruits in abundant winter season, such as vitamin-rich and affordable pea shoots, in-season carrots and lettuce that can boost resistance, Chinese yam that strengthens the stomach and aids digestion, broccoli with the greatest anti-cancer benefits, and citrus that beautifies the skin and helps lower cholesterol. Eating seasonal, local ingredients not only puts the ideal of ecological eating into practice and reduces the impact of imported foods, but also helps the development of local agriculture, allowing the Earth's ecology to be sustainable.
In cold winter, eating hot pot is the best way to warm up, and green vegetables are the most indispensable excellent ingredient for hot pot, among which lettuce-type vegetables are the most popular. Lettuce in abundant winter season is also called meizai cai, ezai cai, or lettuce. Because lettuce has a high water content and slightly lower calories than many vegetables, it is a very good ingredient for weight loss and health preservation for women who love beauty and fear gaining weight. Lettuce-type vegetables are extremely nutritious. They not only contain rich vitamin C, magnesium, potassium, and other nutrients that promote smooth blood circulation and metabolism; they also contain large amounts of silicon, sulfur, and phosphorus, and regular consumption can prevent dry skin and hair loss. They are also quite rich in iron and folic acid, which can promote blood production. However, lettuce is cool in nature, so those with a weak and cold constitution should avoid eating it raw. Da Luolan Organic Farm, Gengji Organic Farm, Qingxinyuan Organic Farm, and others at the Water Garden Organic Farmers' Market all provide various kinds of lettuce, such as vitamin A-rich organic chicory, crisp and refreshing Fushan lettuce, antler lettuce that even rabbits love to eat, and organic romaine commonly used in salads. There are many varieties, all good choices for raw salads, quick stir-fries, blanching, and various other dishes.
"Water Garden Organic Farmers' Market Minor Cold Welcome-New-Year Tasting Event"
Time:January5(Saturday) Afternoon13:00~18:00
Location: Water Garden Organic Farmers' Market (Water Mist Garden, Gongguan Waterworks Park, No. 1 Siyuan Street, Taipei)
Event content :
1.Soy Fragrance Tasting Event
There is a common saying, "If you want to be rich, eat a hot tofu at the winter solstice."
Wei Wantian Tofu uses rich, mellow organic soy milk as the base for its organic soy milk hot pot, and Dou Zhi Wei pairs freshly cooked cold-dispelling ginger soup with traditional old-style organic tofu pudding. Everyone is invited to bring eco-friendly cups and utensils to share and taste together, seeking good fortune in the new year!
2."The Little Farmers' Heartfelt Performance" Market Little Concert
Two little farmers from Gengmu Tian Organic Farm will add a special performance, bringing an afternoon of natural, relaxed musical enjoyment with elegant and lively melodies.
Media contact:
Water Garden Organic Farmers' Market volunteer Cheng Wanjing 0961-080-891
Water Garden Organic Farmers' Markethttp://www.facebook.com/organicfarmersmarket
About the Water Garden Organic Farmers' Market
This is the story of a group of farmers changing Taiwan through natural farming that is friendly to the land. And the end of the NTU Organic Farmers' Market is the beginning of this story. When Taipei's only organic farmers' market closed, it meant that a community connecting land, ecology, farmers, and the dining table would brew a deeper force. The farmers stood up by their own strength and, at the Waterworks Garden in the Gongguan business district of NTU, rebuilt a uniquely vibrant new organic cultural market.
Guided by the Agriculture and Food Agency of the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, and the Taipei Water Department, the market includes many distinctive small organic farmers from various places, including Shifang Organic Farm, a Pinglin organic tea smallholder family making tea for three generations; 99 Peak Top-Grade Organic Asparagus of Qiu Shunnan, who went from a China Steel engineer to an asparagus expert; Songye Yuan Organic Natural Farm run by Liang Xiaoling, who gave up medicine for farming; Top-Grade Organic Tianhuang Banana of Liu Huangbin, who went from career soldier to banana expert; Hongqi Top-Grade Organic Pineapple, which refused a double-price order from mainland China; LOHAS Organic Farm, run by an English teacher turned farmer; honest Ma Qinggong, who moved from Advanced Semiconductor Engineering to organic jujubes and guavas; Ougenli Organic Farm, where international volunteers cultivate together; He Xinle Organic Farm's red dragon fruit in the natural spring area of Zhuangwei, Yilan; Da Luolan Organic Fruit and Vegetable Farm, which once sold out within an hour at NTU; Gengmu Tian Organic Farm, run by English cram-school teacher Zeng Weidi and his wife who turned to organic agriculture; Chulu Organic Coffee, which irrigates coffee fields with deep ocean water; Yuanyi Organic Farm, carefully selected by the Pingtung Banana Research Institute; Qingxinyuan Organic Farm, specializing in cucumbers; Baili Organic Farm, specializing in organic lotus root and mango; Canaan Organic Farm, which practices the church's organic village; Datong Organic Farm, which insists on healthy, toxin-free produce and emphasizes environmental protection; Ende Organic Farm, focused mainly on organic citrus fruits; Ya Baobao Organic Farm, with innovative refined plant cultivation; Gengji Organic Farm from Chiayi; Dou Zhi Wei Tofu Workshop, established to support farmers in Taiwan, China growing black beans and soybeans; Wei Wantian Organic Tofu from the back mountains of Hualien; Peifang Organic Farm, whose quality has won long-term orders from Breeze Fresh Supermarket... and more.
To promote health and organic concepts, the market's promotion volunteers have also held a series of activities, including the Water Garden Organic Fiber Food Carnival, water resource environmental education and parent-child lectures, small-farmer story-sharing lectures, and the "International Water Dance Festival," a performance combining ecology and dance.