Gaoyuan community promotes the natural farming of mugwort

The wafting fragrance of mugwort in the community of Gaoyuan, Longtan, is typical of Hakka settlements. After the traditional tea crop lost its competitiveness, the community director Huang Yu-qin (黃玉琴) ushered everyone to plant mugwort, pushing it to the forefront of community enterprises.

Mugwort, a versatile plant that has long been recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica  (本草綱目), is known as the green diamond of the herb world. Gaoyuan aims to transform DIY mugwort activities and short trips into a distinguishing local characteristic. The community hopes it can move in the direction of a social enterprise and give back to the community, developing mugwort into a thriving local enterprise.

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龍潭高原社區改造 推動無毒耕作艾草

淡淡的艾草飄香，這是位於龍潭的高原社區，典型的客家聚落，在早期主要作物茶葉失去競爭力後，社區總幹事黃玉琴帶領大家種植艾草，並將它作為社區產業的主角。

用途廣泛的艾草在本草綱目中早有記載，更被譽為藥草界的綠鑽石。高原社區期許未來能發展更多艾草DIY、小旅行等，打造高原的地方特色。也希望未來能往社會企業的方向邁進，發揮社區產業最大益處去回饋社區。