Formosa News
Jan 28, 2018
Immigrants from all over the world come to Taiwan, where they strive to start a new life in a different culture. In the latest part of our ongoing series, let’s take a look at Pierre Loisel from Canada, who has pioneered organic composting in New Taipei’s Sanzhi District, where he grows delicious vegetables from kitchen scraps.
French Canadian Pierre Loisel is one of Taiwan’s organic farming pioneers. When he first came to Taiwan, he was drawn to the beautiful scenery of New Taipei City’s Sanzhi District, where he settled, and threw himself into farming. Later on he realized the area was becoming a rubbish dump because of a shortage of landfill space. He tried to burn the litter – but that only created a new problem.
Pierre Loisel
Canadian Immigrant
When I burnt the rubbish, I would find a “cake” of kitchen leftovers that couldn’t be burned. Kitchen scraps don’t burn. So this “cake” became bigger and bigger. I decided incineration was not a solution.
Loisel found there was no good way to dispose of most kitchen scraps, so he decided to convert them into compost. Thus began his new his life as an organic composter.
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