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Sometimes a city crusader needs a break. And what better way to have your well-deserved breather than tending to the fields of Taiwan?
While the vibrant hubbub of the metropolitan city never fails to thrill and excite, Taiwan offers up a quieter way of life with eco-tourism - an initiative embraced by the country's government in 2002. Sought by the jaded urbanite, ecological tours are held at an array of farms, boasting diverse agricultural practices of fruits, vegetables and animals.
We embarked on these tours ourselves, where we picked fruits, pet animals and met some of the strong-headed farmers. Most of the farms are inherited by these resilient agriculture leaders, who not only embrace simpler virtues, but also champion over the reliance of modern technology.
Here are seven of such eco-farms not to be missed when in Taiwan:
6. The Persimmon Brother Farm
We felt the base of a single persimmon and told our tour guide it was pointy. It has seeds, he declared before tearing the orange exterior open to reveal a speckle of blackened seeds. A visit to The Persimmon Brother Farm will have you feast your eyes on a field of persimmon trees grown in disarray. But the pudding is in the eating, which we can testify to after tasting the sweet and crunchy Bull Heart persimmon – one of the three persimmons cultivated at the farm. Fun fact: There are 40 types of persimmons in total. Aside from fruit picking, you’ll get to try your hand of removing the astringent from the persimmons via a vacuum technique.
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