Bio-Tour
A Sustainable Journey of Ecological agriculture, Zero Waste and Culture
Detailed Information
Introduction
This three-day trip to 5 ecological farms from 29 November to 1 December 2024, as well as sightseeing of Taipei National Palace Museums and two landmarks of palace-style building of Grand Hotel and the highest skyscraper TAIPEI 101 in Taipei City.
Main Topics
- Presenting Hsinchu paddy farm/Mr. QiMeng Yan’s technology of switching from conventional farming to KKF natural farming methods for ten years and comparison of yields with conventional fields. There are 4 fields in total, which are conventional fields. One of the conventional fields was converted to natural farming methods without an adaptation period. One of the fields was converted to natural farming methods with self-made liquid fertilizer. A 1.25 acres KKF farming method paddy farm was not applied with any fertilizer for 6 years. On the 1st of December 2024, Comparing growth status, pests and diseases, and yield comparison.
- Presenting the results of Yilan’s self-sufficient farmer MS. Baoyu Wu, growing rice and vegetables. She uses her own paddy straws and kitchen waste, as well as remaining vegetable leaves and pulled weeds from the farm as compost and liquid fertilizer. There is no need to purchase any fertilizer from outside throughout the year. The middle-aged female farmer cultivates about 2 acres of rice, black rice and vegetables by herself. She produces and sells her own products, and her income is enough to support her living. Achieve zero agricultural waste and sustainable agriculture goals.
- Cultivating diverse microbes from a handful of humus soil on the mountain to activate the soil. They can form a granular structure at the roots, create soil ecological diversity, help crop growth, and purify fish ponds, reservoirs, and ecological ponds, and utilize diverse microbes decompose excess nutrients and excrement in the ponds, achieving the goal of purification. Restoring the original ecological environment of the earth.
- Visting Taoyuan HePing Wetland/Mr. SiShu Ye, the wetland is an ecological conservation and restoration base for more than 200 aquatic animals and plants, as well as multi-year ecological habitat creation, promoting environmental education courses for students, parent-child activities, planting KKF natural farming rice and vegetables, and promoting Sustainable life development.
- Showcase the Yunlin YiFengSing Initiative Pig Farm/Mr. Hongwei Su, which uses anaerobic fermentation septic tanks to convert pig dung into zero-emission, zero-pollution, and zero-waste fertilizers for conversion and reuse. In addition, self-supporting KKF polymicrobial bacteria are added to break down organic matters and excess nutrients into smaller pieces for easier absorption, allowing all crops to uptake and transform nutrients and enhance disease resistance. As well as successful cases of biogas green energy conversion and supply of heating lamps. Reducing both the pollution caused by excrement emissions, and carbon emissions, and achieving the goals of the environmental sustainability.
- Yilan TouCheng Ecological Farm introducing circular agriculture, which includes three categories: food cycle, forestry cycle and ecological cycle. Sharing experiences and communicating with local organic and friendly farmers in Yilan. Taking a tour at the forest dining table and ecological tour, and enjoy a green kitchen for dinner, with food provided by local organic small farmers. The farm has a Green Kitchen in the food cycle, a Green Bar in the ecological cycle, and a must-visit to the Satoyama Creation Base in the forestry cycle.
- On-site demonstrations on cultivating diverse microbes from a handful of humus soil on the mountain to activate the soil, promote root reproduction, and purify the ecological pool. They also demonstrated mixed waste fruits and vegetables, bean dregs, fish offal, egg shells, snails, banana flowers, egg, milk to liquid fertilizer, natural growth hormones and compost that have been made for 30 days.
Main Objectives of the Bio-tour
- Successful cases of converting rice and vegetable farms from conventional farming methods to natural farming methods. There is no need setting an adaptation period and purchasing organic fertilizers, hence leading to lower the selling prices of products. Overall, the goals of organic and eco-friendly agriculture and zero agricultural waste can be easily achieved with this Bio-Tour.
- Cultivating diverse microbes from a handful of humus soil on the mountain to activate the soil, create soil environmental biodiversity, help crop growth, purify fish ponds, reservoirs and ecological ponds to reduce methane formation and achieve the goals of sustainable agriculture.
- Using an anaerobic fermentation tank to decompose pig’s dung into zero-emission fertilizer, zero detection, zero waste, reduce environmental pollution and carbon emissions. Achieving the goal of a sustainable and environmental friendly plan.
- Using aquatic plants to purify ecological ponds, conserve and rehabilitate Taiwan’s native aquatic flora and fauna, creating a healthy and ecological field, and achieve sustainable, ecological and environmental protection.
- Five farms are certified organic or organically friendly with eco-farming certificates.
- Promoting environmental education courses, organic food and agriculture courses in the schools, parent-child farm experience activities, supporting organic and eco-friendly farmers products in the Farmers Markets. Achieving the goal of developing sustainable life where life is organic.
Main outcomes expected
Sharing the efforts and results of Taiwan’s organic and eco-farming farmers with the bio-tour members. Knowing about Taiwan’s Ministry of Agriculture’s years of policies on promoting organic food courses and supporting small farmers’ markets and encourage farmers to switch from conventional farming to eco-farming and organic certification programs. The goal is to achieve carbon reduction, environmental sustainability, agricultural sustainability, and organic living in Taiwan. Conducting on-site questions and distribute farm profiles and websites, exchange emails, or provide free KKF natural farming technical guidance in member countries.
Additional information or specific request
- The sponsor of this tour will provide five free seats and five half-price seats, limited to members from developing countries in the world, as well as OWC members from countries who are eager to learn to switch from conventional farming methods to KKF natural farming methods. Applications are on a first-come, first served basis.
When you register for this Bio-Tour, you need to attach:
a. Your Copy of Passport
b. Your Email Address
c. Your Contact Phone Number for Insurance Information
d. A brief resume of why you want to sign up for this Bio-Tour
e. What acknowledge it can bring to you and your Country
All the application due date is 10 October 2024. After reviewing, we will email you the acceptance and confirmation letter in 5 days. You need to reply by email to confirm your final decision and go online to payment portal to pay your 50% payment $285 Euro by 25 October 2024.
If you get the free seat, just email us to respond. After we email you the final confirmation letter by 1 November 2024, also, we will email you the THINGS TO KNOW before you travel to Taiwan on 28 November 2024. We need to have your travel info and arrival fright information by 15 November 2024. Then we can schedule for pick up from Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan, Republic of China on 28 November 2024 whole day.This subsidy program is only for developing countries. You need to meet the qualification and highly desire to learn natural farming. One participant per Country. Second participant need to pay full price $570(two person per room).
We recommend every participant download a Messenger (Facebook) or WhatsApp social network on your cell phone. We can set up a Bio-Tour group chat and text for group communication. It’s easier to contact with you when you travel in Taiwan during the Bio-Tour.
- Please indicate if you are a vegetarian in the Google Form.
Itinerary
Day 0, 28 November 2024, Thursday
All OWC members participating in this bio-tour are gathering at Orchard Park Hotel (10 minutes to Taoyuan Airport). We are waiting for each participant to arrive and rest. Self-guided lunch and dinner in the hotel, no activities. Volunteers from our association will pick you up at the airport (looking for an OWC Bio-Tour sign/A Sustainable Journey of Ecological agriculture, Zero Waste and Culture) and deliver you to the hotel. We need each participant’s arrival schedule and number of your group.
| Time | Agenda | Location |
| 7:20-8:00 | Breakfast | Orchard Park Hotel (Taoyuan County) |
| 8:00-8:30 | Tour Bus | Travel to Heping Wetland (Taoyuan County) |
| 8:30-10:30 | Restoration of more than 200 aquatic animals and plants | Heping Wetland |
| 10:30-12:00 | Tour Bus | Travel to TouCheng (Yilan county) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | Restaurant in Toucheng |
| 14:00-15:00 | Sustainability briefing | Travel to Toucheng Ecological Lecture Farm |
| 15:00-16:00 | Introduction to ecological farming methods and circular | Toucheng Ecological Lecture Farm |
| 16:00-19:00 | Participating in the 3 kind of Forest Table and Green kitchen | |
| 19:00-20:00 | Meeting Yilan local organic farmers | |
| 7:20-8:00 | Breakfast | Toucheng Ecological Lecture Farm |
| 8:00-9:00 | Tour Bus | Travel to MS. Baoyu Wu farm/Yilan County |
| 9:00-11:00 | A KKF farming methods selfsufficient farm | MS. Baoyu Wu farm |
| 11:00-12:30 | Tour Bus | Travel to Taipei Grand Hotel |
| 12:30-14:00 | A landmark in Taipei Lunch/buffet | Taipei Grand Hotel |
| 14:00-14:30 | Tour Bus | Travel to Taiwan National Palace Museum |
| 14:30-17:00 | Collecting abundant Chinese Art and Antiques | Taiwan National Palace Museum |
| 17:00-17:30 | A famous highest skyscraper in Taipei | Travel to Taipei 101 |
| 17:30-20:00 | Shopping and sightseeing | Warner VieShow Cinimas shopping district |
| 20:00-21:00 | Sushi box for dinner | Visiting TAIPEI 101 Building |
| 21:00-22:00 | Tour Bus | Travel to Hotel J Taoyuan/Taoyuan County |
| 7:20-8:00 | Breakfast | Hotel Kuva Chateau/Taoyuan County |
| 8:00-9:00 | Tour Bus | Travel to Mr. QiMeng Yan’s Farm/HsinChu County |
| 9:00-11:00 | Farmland switched from conventional paddy farm to KKF natural farming successful case and comparisons. | Mr. QiMeng Yan’s Farm |
| 11:00-12:30 | Lunch | Restaurant in HsinChu |
| 12:30-15:30 | Tour Bus | Travel to Mr. Hongwei Su Pig Farm |
| 15:30-17:30 | Visiting an international ESG standards, with zero detection and zero emissions, and zero waste pig farm. | YiFengSing Initiative Pig Farm /Mr. Hongwei Su |
| 17:30-18:30 | Tour Bus | Travel to Royal Chiayi Hotel(Chiayi city) |
| 18:30-20:30 | Dinner and check in | Dinner in the night market/street foods |
Key Info
Dates:
29 November 2024 – 1 December 2024
Organized by:
New wholesome Food. PureLand Culture Promotion Association
KKF Natural Farming Promotion Centre in Taiwan
Format:
The tour-guide will be bilingual both of Chinese and English
Target Audience:
Maximum participants: 38 participants
No matter how many people join, organizer will not cancel the tour.
Registration Fee:
Two-personal one room: $570 Euro per person
One personal one room: $805 Euro per person
Including Transportation, Accommodation, Meals, Ecotour guide for 2 days, Insurance, Ticket, Water, Tips & Miscellaneous
