Friendly Land Social Enterprise is a Taiwanese social enterprise spreading ecological farming in which 'people and living creatures live together on the same land.' In 2010 it began in Guantian, Tainan, as the 'Friendly Land Organic Alliance,' started by young people who wished to make Taiwan a beautiful organic island again, and in 2011 it was incorporated with investment from organic farmers (its operations head is Yang Cong-gui). Its core is the 'Green Conservation Label,' pursued together with the Tse-Xin Organic Agriculture Foundation. Unlike ordinary organic certification centered on human health, this is a mark of ecological farming that emphasizes fields coexisting with the land's living creatures—not only using no pesticides but also cautioning against 'organic that shuts creatures out,' such as clearing bamboo groves to obtain certification. Its symbol is the pheasant-tailed jacana (also called the 'water-caltrop bird'), which nests in water-caltrop paddies. Friendly Land ties about 80 friendly farms across Taiwan through 'guaranteed-price contract farming,' making up for shortfalls in yield and encouraging young people to return to farming. It supplies about two tons of organic vegetables a week to school lunches in New Taipei and Tainan, connecting children's tables with the region's fields.
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There is no confirmed −; independently verified + decide the position (B). No unreachable strike-through.= non-additive meter
Friendly Land Social Enterprise: Fruiting alongside living creatures—the green conservation of water-caltrop paddies where jacanas dance. The letter is B; certainty is medium. Unconfirmed concerns are placed under “Watching.” (As of 2026-Q2; estimate based on public information.)
Main narrative
One person’s story (N1)
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The water-caltrop paddies of Guantian, Tainan, are also wetlands where the pheasant-tailed jacana (the 'water-caltrop bird') nests and lives. Friendly Land, together with Tse-Xin, supported pesticide-free friendly cultivation through soil testing and integrated pest management (IPM). In its 2023 work, it improved soil pH from 4.96 to 5.90, raised the water-caltrop harvest from three to five times a year and from 660 kg to 1,140 kg per 0.1 hectare (+73%), and farmers' income rose 50–100%. While protecting creatures' habitat, farmers' livelihoods also bore fruit.
Source nature: P1 Public record (Social Innovation Platform). Positive effects are not used to offset negatives.
Positive / negative effects
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- Friendly Land promotes green conservation (ecological farming) in partnership with the Society of Wilderness and the Tse-Xin Organic Agriculture Foundation, supplying about two tons of organic vegetables a week to school lunches in New Taipei and Tainan. It is accredited by the Agriculture and Food Agency as a promotion body for friendly-environment cultivation.P1 Public accreditation / NGO partnership
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- Establishing the Green Conservation Label in the market; linking with schools' food-and-farming education; small-volume overseas export of 'water-caltrop-village rice.'
A second look
The core plus is friendly cultivation that protects biodiversity (Nature) and stable livelihoods for smallholders and regional revitalization (People), backed by public accreditation as a friendly-environment cultivation promotion body from the Agriculture and Food Agency, partnership with Tse-Xin, and independent media reporting. On the other hand, long-term data on green conservation's ecosystem effect and supply scale is still limited, and certainty is medium.
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How to read this assessment
- Reachable upper bound (ceiling): a confirmed − sets the ceiling, and independently verified + decide the position within it. + do not cancel out −.
- The weight of evidence is not symmetric: only confirmed − are counted; the volume of disputes or allegations goes under “Watching.” + are counted from independent evidence, while an organization’s own PR is treated as “reference.”
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- The letter (assessment) and certainty (how reliable the information is) are separate axes.
This is a translation; the Japanese version is authoritative. The assessments here are generated automatically by AI based on published criteria. The operator does not alter individual results. Because they are AI-generated they may contain errors, and they are opinion and commentary, not statements of fact. Where evidence is insufficient, the entry is marked “On hold.” Requests for correction are accepted via the form.
Terms: Narrative Value = an assessment (A–G) of the distance between the story an organization tells and its reality / Ceiling meter = a visualization of the reachable upper bound / Watching = unconfirmed matters not counted / Protected stakeholders = people, animals, nature, and future generations. | Generated by: AI | As of: 2026-Q2 | Back to top