Pierre’s organic experiment: Can vegetables cure cancer?

In 2008 I wrote a story for The China Post , “Revolution in the Taipei countryside” about Pierre Loisel, a French-Canadian whose organic farm in Toucheng seemed the epitome of a natural pharmacy. Over ten years ago now, Pierre started this treasure trove of nutrition near Baishawan, northern Taiwan. At

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Revolutionary agriculture in the Taipei countryside

A few minutes from the Tucheng MRT station in Taipei County, thereís a magical place. At a site that used to be an ammunition depot five years ago, 15 farming families have turned 80 hectares into a rare, beautiful urban landscape — an organic farming community.

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