The New Taipei City Bureau of Education held a "Happy Food New Taipei Seasonal Low-Carbon Auspicious Food Calendar" presentation. The book details the seasonal ingredients for the 24 solar terms in New Taipei City.

(Photo by reporter Lin Xinhan)

[Reporter Lin Xinhan/New Taipei Report] The Education Bureau of New Taipei City held a press conference today on "Happy Food New Taipei Seasonal Low-Carbon Auspicious Food Calendar". The book details the seasonal ingredients for the 24 solar terms in New Taipei City. The Education Law was passed in May this year. It is hoped that schools can use relevant teaching plans to let children know about local agricultural and fishery products, get close to the land and learn the importance of a sustainable environment.

The "New Taipei Seasonal Low Carbon Auspicious Food Calendar" e-book can be downloaded at the "New Taipei City Sustainable Environmental Education Center-Food Agriculture Education-Publications" section.

Today's press conference arranged for the students of Yehliu Elementary School to play the ukulele. Through the interesting and catchy fruit and vegetable songs, people can easily understand the seasonal ingredients in New Taipei. Then Zhang Mingwen and the students started the 24 solar terms turntable, hoping that teachers and teachers will Can implement food and agriculture education in daily life learning and action practice.

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Zhang Mingwen pointed out that the food and agriculture education's healthy eating and living thinking of "eating in season and eating locally" is in line with the SDGs goals of sustainable development of the United Nations. New Taipei City announced the "Medium-term Plan for Food and Agriculture Education of the Education Bureau of New Taipei City Government" in July last year ", the goals include promoting seasonal local ingredients, allowing children to explore and learn food and farming knowledge, etc.

Zhang Mingwen said that the "New Taipei Seasonal Low-Carbon Auspicious Food Calendar" invites experts and professors to guide and co-edit the front-line teachers, linking 17 sustainable development goals, 24 solar terms, seafood selection guides, and agricultural and fishery certification trademarks, etc., through physical and online The teaching plan is provided for each school to make full use of and cultivate the competitiveness of the next generation.

Professor Shao Guangzhao, the Biodiversity Research Center of the Academia Sinica and an authority on fish research, who directed the compilation of the auspicious food calendar, said that marine conservation and the restoration of fishery resources require the government to actively promote measures to limit fishing and designate more marine protected areas and implement management.

This study handbook is specially designed with a seafood selection guide. Let’s work together to promote fish-eating education, understand the ecology and crisis of the seafood we eat and the ocean, and follow the seafood selection guide to learn to buy and eat the right fish to ensure that fishery resources will last forever. continued.

Chen Jianzhi, a retired professor of the Institute of Environmental Research, Department of Geobiology, Taipei City University, pointed out that food and agriculture education can be regarded as an environmental education issue, and each school develops courses in a timely and appropriate manner according to its attributes, such as using nutritious lunch time and coordinating nutritious lunch The menu is linked to courses or 24 solar terms teaching, and is linked to local characteristic industries, such as Wenshan Baozhong tea, Sanzhiyan white bamboo shoots, and Bali grapefruit, etc., to create sustainable community development.

Zhang Jinxia, ​​the principal of Yehliu Elementary School who served as the editor-in-chief, said that this continuation of the New Taipei Auspicious Food Calendar, in addition to letting everyone know about the local seasonal fresh vegetables and fish products, also hopes to promote family happiness and delicious food through simple recipes, so that busy people Parents can accompany their children to share safe and happy food with their families.

Que Zijun, a sixth-grade student at Yehliu Elementary School, said that his parents are very supportive of the "fish-eating traffic light" when they open a restaurant at home, and buy suitable seafood for consumption.

Lai Qiaoyin, a second-year student, also said that he would remind his mother to buy green seafood and eat more local vegetables.

Students from Yehliu Elementary School played the ukulele. Through interesting and catchy vegetable and fruit songs, people could easily learn about the seasonal ingredients in New Taipei.

(Photo by reporter Lin Xinhan)

New Taipei City promotes food and agriculture education, and publishes a seasonal low-carbon and auspicious food calendar.

(Photo by reporter Lin Xinhan)