Page 85 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Annual Report 2018 Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan On each “Food Day” (the 15th of every month), promotional activities were held at the Hope Plaza in Taipei City. purchase unprocessed fresh ingredients, and don’t waste food. We strengthened the dissemination of information to consumers, restaurants, and sales channels, to advance citizens’ understanding of FAE. Through cooking programs and advertising we reached people 2,685,000 times. Focusing on the issue of “agricultural production and the environment,” and in coordination with concepts like healthy dietary lifestyles and dietary culture, the COA promoted FAE curriculums, course plans, and experiential activities in 60 schools. We developed FAE conceptual frameworks for students at different stages of learning, so that they don’t limit themselves to campus farms but also become aware of the value of agriculture. The COA printed 154 sets of educational materials, and offered 1,268 FAE courses and 246 experiential activities with a total of 10,312 students participating. In addition, we laid out plans for FAE information distribution and training courses aimed at different audiences in different locations, and created FAE model rural communities and farmers’ groups where we did internal training and activities related to FAE on 156 occasions, with 6,591 participants. Students were instructed on the importance of using locally grown traceable ingredients in their lunches as part of Food and Agricultural Education (2). 83