Eco-friendly farmers’ market opens in Beitou

Thanks to the support of Beitou Culture Foundation and Taipei City Department of Economic Development, the city’s first government-sponsored eco-friendly farmers’ market has opened in Beitou’s Fuxing Park, giving market-goers the opportunity to stock up on freshly picked vegetables and interact with local farmers each Saturday afternoon. Beitou Culture Foundation, which has been connecting with local farmers and focusing on the issue of locally produced produce for many years now, said that local farmers continually expressed their wish to have a venue from where they could sell produce and meet with customers face-to-face. The market’s current setup in Fuxing Park is the result of protracted talks with the city government and heralds the city’s first eco-friendly certified farmers market.

Following a specially arranged class at Taiwan National University of the Arts’ Graduate Institute of Arts Administration and Management, in which students were enlisted to help publicize and promote the market, market-goers can now take home a gift by simply using Facebook’s check-in’ feature on arrival at the market. In addition to addressing the needs of local farmers and guaranteeing healthy food to customers, Beitou Eco-friendly Farmer’s Market also provides students with a deeper connection with the local community.

Eco-friendly farmers’ market opens in Beitou

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北市首個無毒認證小農市集在北投

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由北投文化基金會與台北市政府產業發展局所支持的首個無毒認證小農市集在北投復興公園開張了，每週六上午都可在這裡買到當日現摘的新鮮蔬菜，也可以直接和農友們互動。長期耕耘在地議題、也與農友接觸多年的北投文化基會表示，在地小農希望有一個可以和消費者面對面販售的管道，經過了與市府的陳情協商，才促成現在這樣可以在公園現金交易的形式，而這也是北市首個以無毒認證為要求的小農市集。

現場也可以看到攤位旁有打卡送禮的活動，這是國立臺北藝術大學藝術行政與管理研究所的學生，因課程安排，也加入為市集協助宣傳、推廣的工作。北投無毒小農市集不僅顧及農友的需求，也為消費者健康把關， 加上與學校課程結合，也讓學生與在地有更深的連結。