With the arrival of the fresh pumpkin season, Mayor Yu-Ih Hou of the New Taipei City specially cooperated with Tamsui Farmers’ Association for the fresh pumpkin gift box today (May 20), which facilitated people to buy online through the “Tasty Agriculture Products Drive-through” policy and service, and created new business opportunities for farming products without contact.
In response to COVID-19, New Taipei City Government launched the “Tasty Agriculture Products Drive-through” concerning the fast-food industry’s drive-through concept and adjusted their business strategies to online shopping and group purchase. The average turnover of supermarkets of farmers’ associations increased by 24% compared with the same period of last year, creating new farming business opportunities without contact. Leading representatives of Tamsui Farmers’ Association presented the first batch of harvested chestnut pumpkins to Mayor Hou today (May 20) at the Municipal Administrative Meeting, thanking the city government for their support to farmers’ associations and friends during the epidemic. Taking advantage of the arrival of pumpkin production season, Tamsui Farmers’ Association presents the online group purchase service of “Pumpkin Box — Tasty Agriculture Products Drive-through service.” Each box of pumpkin boxes is about 3.6 to 4.2 kg in weight, and the original price is NT$500, but it sells for NT$369 as a unique group purchase price and is limited to 50 boxes. Please check Tamsui Farmers’ Association’s Facebook fan page and complete the online order form.
Jin-Chun Wang, the chairman of the Tamsui Farmers’ Association, said that the popularity of Tamsui pumpkins has risen in recent years. Thanks to the high-quality soil and water quality of Mt. Datun, which bred lovely pumpkins, Tamsui is close to the consumption of Taipei Cities, and the transportation route is shorter. Compared with the central and southern parts, pumpkins can be harvested at a relatively mature time so that the sweetness can be as high as 13-15 degrees and more popular with consumers. New Taipei City Government offers excellent assistance in organizing the pumpkin competition every year. It helps to develop a variety of pumpkin processing products (such as rice noodles, noodles, cheese quinoa cookies, etc.). Although the epidemic is still going on this year, it does not affect the quality of Tamsui farming products.
Yu-Ih Hou, the Mayor of New Taipei City, said that New Taipei City Government is making every effort to promote “Tasty Agriculture Products Drive-through” and “Good Farming Value-pack” policies, actively assisting farmers’ associations and youth farmers’ creative teams in New Taipei City to launch electronic sales channels and offer more online services. When the epidemic slows down, New Taipei City Government has specially integrated local shops in Tamsui as a “Tasty Pumpkin Tour” activity in June. Citizens are invited to follow the tour guide and enjoy the most seasonal and local agricultural products this summer.
More Information:
Agriculture Department, New Taipei City Government Farm and Fishery Industry Guidance Section Ming-Hsiung Chien / Chief Tel: 2960-3456 * 2902 Mobile: 0926-270-873