Mother’s Day is coming! Due to the COVID-19 prevention policies, CEIOMA cooperated with eco-friendly farmers in New Taipei City to hold an online shopping event, “Love Mother and Mother Earth,” from May 9 to May 10, including buy 1 get one free on limited products, etc. People can shop online, select fine gifts for their mothers, and cherish Mother Earth through eco-friendly activities.
Cai Tian Eco-Friendly Farming and OwlTing Market also join this promotion event, providing 370 buy-one-get-one-free products, including longan honey and lychee honey (NT$700/700g), and Cai Tian Rice (NT$150/1kg), other moms’ favorite products. Buy one of each can save NT$1750. Enter the “Eco-friendly Contractual Farming League” website can find more discount information.
Among all products in this special promotion, the organic honey from Ding-Sheng Bee Farm in the Sanxia District of New Taipei City is the hard work of Yi-Yi Wu and her husband. They collect fresh honey during the longan and lychee season, every March to April. Their honey products receive certification from the Taiwan Beekeepers Association as a safe guarantee for customers.
Another remarkable product comes from the rice fields in Jinshan District. The “Shio Koji” of Cai Tian Eco-Friendly Farming is made of fermenting organic rice. It smells like miso and tastes sweet with low salt can be used as a seasoning for pickles and added to food to freshen up. It can increase beneficial bacteria in the human intestines and has more antioxidant effects. Wen Lee, the Commissioner of the Agriculture Department, said that the purpose New Taipei City Government and IFOAM Asia establishing the Center of Excellence for Intelligent Organic Marketing in Asia (CEIOMA) is to enhance the sales and international exchanges of organic and eco-friendly agriculture. One of the critical tasks is to help producers expand their sales channels to allow farmers to produce with peace of mind, so the “Eco-friendly Contractual Farming League” online shopping platforms can support the contract farmers. Customers can buy what they need and understand how farmers treat the environment in an eco-friendly way, so that food can be cultivated and protect the environment simultaneously, providing us with safer and more secure food resources in a sustainable manner.
More Information:
Agriculture Department, New Taipei City Government Forestry Section Chia-Wen Huang / Chief Tel: 2960-3456 * 31 Mobile: 0921-073-005