Main content:

• Field Orientation

  • Briefing and short film presentations to participants on the challenges global agriculture is facing agriculturally derived environmental and safety issues, and the concept of sustainable agricultural production.

  • The participants will explore on their own and carry out field-oriented activities on the farm. Each designated point has a specific design task to enhance the participants’ understanding of agro-ecology.

• Magical Yeast

  • Introduce the scientific principles of fermentation and the foods related to microbial fermentation in daily life.

  • Demonstration of homemade cheese

  • Explain the principle of the fermentation bed and watch the film on the fermentation bed for raising pigs and chickens.

  • Introduce the application and benefits of the fermentation bed

  • Inspection of pig farms and chicken farms

  • Close contact with the raw material for the fermentation bed

  • Feeding and recording the yeast

• Greenhouse Cultivation

  • Introduce the greenhouse of the farm

  • Explain safety and health precautions in greenhouse

  • Greenhouse farming experience

• Organic Farm Inspection

  • Introduce the concept of organic farming

  • Introduction to methods of pest control and fertilization under organic farming

  • Visit the organic methods used to grow oranges (e.g. manual weeding, manure…)

  • Pick mandarin at the mountain

• Cook by Yourself

  • Guided cooking class

  • Baking bread with the yeast fed by the participants

• Ecological Cycle Diagram

  • A detailed description of the ecological cycle relationship between kitchen waste, livestock breeding, fermentation bed, organic fertilizer, alfalfa, manure and biogas

  • Teaching the relationship between ecological elements involved in the introduction

• Worm Composting

  • Visit the worm composting production plant

  • Measure the compost, the growth of the plants, the fertility of the soil, the pH scale, etc.

  • Understand the science and biological knowledge behind the experiment

• Biogas Practice

  • Introduce renewable energy (including biogas)

  • Introduce biogas use, collection, treatment methods, and practical applications

  • Inspect the biogas pool

 

Prices include:

• Activity insurance, meals, transportation, accommodation, guided tour, and workshop

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