Today, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage worldwide, is it extravagant to want to live well? In fact, if we invest a little thought and effort we can enjoy the quiet happiness of a life in which “every day is a good day.” It might be a cup of coffee, a potted plant, or a cooking class—all kinds of options exist in the details of our daily lives.
As spring approaches, Taiwan Panorama suggests some opportunities for good living in areas such as environmental protection, leisure activities, and flower arranging. A “Cooking & Living” workshop can help you experience the joy of cooking. With a “Northbirds” workshop, you can observe and draw plants. We follow two couples who are experts at “zero-waste” living to see how they incorporate environmentally friendly concepts into work and daily life. And we visit floral designers who are adding color to our surroundings…. These “small” things in life may give you an entirely new outlook.
In this issue we also take a cycling trip through Yilan County, where we see ocean, forest, and river scenery; and we bring you can’t-miss stories on local culture including Taoyuan’s “city story houses” and sculptor Chen Chi-tsun, as well as introducing Co-coism, a creative cooperative that uses immersive, participatory, responsive approaches to performance art, incorporating audience participation into its works. This is a theater company that deserves attention.
With mushrooms that “don’t merely conform to pesticide standards but actually test 100% pesticide-free,” Q-Yo Biotechnology Company CEO Seven Fang has been a pioneer in applying “clean-room” standards to mushroom cultivation. Q-Yo grows silver ear mushrooms that look like white peony blossoms but have a fragrance like jasmine flowers, as well as oyster mushrooms whose stems have a mouthfeel like pork jowl but whose caps have the fresh, sweet flavor of clams. We also report on the process used by Jinlife Biotech to grow precious hon-shimeji and hatake-shimeji mushrooms.
Academician Young Chiu-chung of the Academia Sinica has developed a method of using enzymatic reactants as a catalyst to transform waste into organic fertilizer in only three hours, the fastest such process in the world. We examine the 30-year research career of Young, who comes from a farming family in Guoxing, Nantou County. His book Soil and Fertilizer has become a bible for the soil academic community, and has been translated into English, Korean, and Malaysian. Our fascinating reports this month deserve your full attention.
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