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Yuanshan Township, Yilan is uniquely endowed with a rich land environment. Only because after the completion of National Highway No. 5, Yilan not only increases foreign tourists, but also attracts farmers’ families and new farmers to move to the simple and honest Shengou Elementary School District in Yuanshan Township. The rural environment of the region has injected a new life and vitality.
Shengou area is located at the confluence of mountains and plains. Fanduanyong springs are abundant. A group of new farmers came to this pure land with their ideals and started a new life of slow living and slow food through friendly farming. Under the leadership of Principal Huang Zengchuan, Shengou Elementary School develops a school-based food and agricultural education curriculum through the expertise of friendly small farmers and the school's characteristic curriculum, so that the integration of school education and the traditional industries of the community creates sustainable development.
This research is expected to explore from the eight major conventions certified by Slow City through field investigations, interviews and document analysis, whether the transformation of the deep ditch area with pure natural environment after the entry of new farmers will move towards the footsteps of the international slow city. The main research purposes are threefold: 1. To summarize and analyze the characteristics of rural transformation and development in Yuanshan Township. 2. Explore the relationship between the promotion of education of small food farmers in Shengou countries and the environment? 3. Assess whether the Shengou area has reached the community type of the Eight Slow City Conventions, so as to promote regional tourism and enhance the benefits of industrial development?
Due to the gathering of friendly farming smallholders in the Shengou area, a friendly farming environment is promoted. With the cooperation of old farmers and small farmers, the school also conducts ancient rice planting and food farmers education courses, and has built a reputation in the countryside, making more people want to experience the countryside. The people of life gather here. Small farmers also promote the local friendly agricultural products and the characteristics of the development area through rural experience courses, lectures, and opening of friendly shops and restaurants. The research found that the goal of small farmers in Shengou area coincides with the concept of the Slow City Movement, which is to protect the environment and ecology by moving towards slow food and slow life. The school food farmer education and the community small farmers have used their respective expertise and cooperation, so that the rural industry gradually flourishes and connects the sustainable rural life.
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