Urban Farm DB

Urban farming in Taiwan

9 citizen-driven urban farms recorded in Taiwan. Each entry documents who runs it, how the land is held, and where the information came from — nothing is listed without a source.

Community garden
Interim use2015

Taipei Garden City Initiative (Tianyuan Chengshi)

TWTaipei, Taiwan

Taipei's citywide urban-farming policy launched in 2015 under Mayor Ko Wen-je. Through four garden types-community, school, rooftop and allotment-it converts scattered vacant spaces across the city into edible green infrastructure.

CommunityFood educationOrganic cycle+1

doed.gov.taipei+2

Rooftop
2015

Jin'an Li Rooftop Garden and Rainwater Park, Da'an District, Taipei

TWTaipei, Taiwan

A flagship neighborhood-level case of the Garden City program, where Jin'an Li residents turned neglected spaces into three green sites-a rooftop vegetable garden, a rainwater farm and a corner herb garden-while weaving in local history and creative placemaking.

CommunityFood educationBiodiversity+2

peopo.org+1

Community garden
Interim use2015

Jiuzhuang Community Garden, Nangang District, Taipei

TWTaipei, Taiwan

In Nangang's Jiuzhuang, residents transformed a neglected, dumping-prone plaza into a community garden. It is the subject of an academic case study (Sustainability journal) on how community gardens support urban health and well-being.

CommunityWelfareFood education+1

mdpi.com

Rooftop
2015

New Taipei Participatory Rooftop Farm and Ecological Greening Program

TWNew Taipei, Taiwan

Launched in 2015 as Taiwan's first 'participatory rooftop farm' scheme, where community residents jointly maintain green roofs, strengthening local cohesion while practicing low-carbon living. The Dongying Li activity center in Yingge District is a flagship site.

CommunityOrganic cycleBiodiversity+1

epd.ntpc.gov.tw+1

Vacant lot

New Taipei Citizen Farms (Shimin Nongyuan)

TWNew Taipei, Taiwan

New Taipei's citizen farms give urban dwellers a place to experience farming. Set up by subsidising farmers' associations in five districts-Yingge, Shulin, Xindian, Tucheng and Tamsui-they have been well received.

CommunityFood educationElderly

agriculture.ntpc.gov.tw+1

Vacant lot
2000

Kaohsiung Nanqu Senior Citizen Farm (Lushili Garden)

TWKaohsiung, Taiwan

Responding to an ageing society, the city's Social Affairs Bureau established this senior citizen farm in the Xincaoya settlement. Elders grow vegetables organically, reconnecting with nature to maintain body and mind and deepen social interaction-a welfare-oriented urban farm.

ElderlyWelfareFood education+2

socbu.kcg.gov.tw+2

Schoolyard
2017

Taichung School Food-and-Farming Education and Rooftop Garden Program

TWTaichung, Taiwan

A food-and-farming education program in which space-constrained urban schools in Taichung creatively set up campus gardens on rooftops, concrete planters and movable beds to teach children about farming and food, built on the 'Taichung School Food-and-Farming Education Comprehensive Plan (2017-2019)'.

Food educationCommunityOrganic cycle

taichung.gov.tw+1

Vacant lot

Houbi Food-and-Farming Education Field, Tainan (Pu-yu Cultural & Educational Association)

TWTainan, Taiwan

A food-and-farming education effort started by returning youth in Houbi, Tainan. They grow diverse rice and vegetables in an experimental field as teaching material and founded the Taiwan Pu-yu Cultural and Educational Development Association to support young people in toxin-free farming.

Food educationCommunityOrganic cycle

sstainan.com

Schoolyard
2015

Taipei Campus Agriculture and Community Gardens

TWTaipei, Taiwan

University-community partnership addressing urban food security through campus and neighborhood agriculture with participatory research

CommunityFood educationWelfare

mdpi.com

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Urban farming in Taiwan — 9 cases — Urban Farm DB