PeoPo Shuangxi Your Shoot – Witnessing a green revolution

Shuangxi has over one hundred years of history and was once a key coal mining town in Taiwan. However, following a recession in the mining industry, the area suffered severe population outflow, and Shuangxi gradually declined. In the past few years, Shuangxi has witnessed somewhat of a revival thanks to the diligent effort of ecologically-minded small-scale farmers in the area. By pioneering a farming approach to coexist with nature without the use of pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides, etc., these green warriors are helping to protect and preserve natural resources and the environment.

For this year’s 3rd Your Shoot event, we visited the small town of Shuangxi. Themed “Danlan Shuangxi Farmers – A Century-Old Tapestry of Culture & Agriculture,” citizen journalists met locals who are silently working to develop natural farming in Shuangxi. The local community hopes that in the future, tourists won’t merely pass through Shuangxi but stop to get to know the area and enjoy the pristine local environment.

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PeoPo雙溪踹拍 看見地方重振的活力

有百年歷史的雙溪曾是煤礦經濟的重鎮，隨著礦業蕭條、人口外移，使得雙溪日漸沒落。但這幾年，雙溪在友善小農們的細心經營下，特有的農作物以不施農藥、化肥、除草劑等友善農耕方式生產，並運用山林既有環境資源與水源涵養，達成山林與農作物之間的永續共處模式。

今年第三次PeoPo踹拍就來到雙溪小鎮，以百年文化與農業交織的【淡蘭雙溪農】為議題，細細探訪這群默默為故鄉付出，用自己力量帶給社區更多發展的友善小農，也期待未來讓來往遊玩的旅客不再只是路過雙溪，而是能更認識這片好山好水的土地。

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