Corporate bigshot buys thousands of willow branches for charity
Corporate bigshot buys thousands of willow branches for charity
2025-12-24
When thinking of Sanxing Township in Yilan, the first thing that comes to mind is Sanxing scallions. But its silver willow tree industry is also thriving, producing 5 million branches a year and even selling them abroad. Recently, the head of a machinery company, himself an Yilan native, purchased 100,000 willow branches to support local farmers. He also donated products made from the branches to disadvantaged groups.
Willow branches are placed inside jars, paired with colorful dried flowers, and lit up, creating an enchanting atmosphere.
There are all kinds of products made from silver willow branches here, including gifts, aromatic pouches, and even essential oils. In addition to its famous scallions, Yilan’s Sanxing Township produces 5 million silver willow branches annually, accounting for 80% of the industry in Taiwan, most of which are exported.
Shen Ming-ching
Willow industry insider
For exports, we only use harvests from the first and second years. Since we need to compete internationally, for the third year we place a strong emphasis on quality. Thanks to our unique technique, we can make forked branches rather than just single, straight ones, which differentiates our product in the market.
The silver willow grows well in Yilan thanks to its unique geographic conditions. The trees once covered 120 hectares of farmland. One Yilan native, now the head of a machinery company, recently bought 100,000 branches to support local farmers. Showing true altruism, he even donated products made from the branches to the disadvantaged.
Hung Fu-liang
Vendor
We will use them for bonsai or landscaping and l send them to places like orphanages. Silver willows have a very positive meaning for us. The word for them in Taiwanese is “silver,” so through this gesture, our company hopes to inspire more businesses to bring wealth—symbolized by the silver willow—back home.
Lin Mei-hua
Local agriculture official
In the future, we hope that purchases in the silver willow industry can be on a larger scale. We hope to bring in social enterprises so they can participate in our local agricultural activities.
The local government hopes to invite more businesses to participate in local agricultural activities. By combining government guidance with corporate purchasing, the silver willow industry can rise even higher.
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機械公司負責人返鄉認購十萬支銀柳 助農友也助弱勢
2025-12-24
說到宜蘭三星鄉，大家第一個想到的就是三星蔥了吧！但其實他的銀柳產量也很驚人，年產量可達五百萬支以上，佔全台八成，甚至還能外銷。而在內需市場上，一間機械公司負責人，由於本身是宜蘭子弟，近日返鄉認購10萬支銀柳，除了幫助農友，也會做成加工品給弱勢。
將銀柳插在罐子內，配上各顏色乾燥花，再打上燈，超級有氣氛。
一旁還有用銀柳製作而成的各種商品，祈福小物、除臭包、甚至就連需要提煉的精華液都有。不說不知道，宜蘭三星除了蔥有名之外，銀柳年產量可達五百萬支以上，佔全台八成，也相當驚人，不過銀柳主要是出口外銷。
[[三星銀柳產銷業者 沈明慶]]
“我們做出口就是第一年收跟第二年收而已，第三年的部分，因為我們要能夠跟國際上做競爭，所以我們很要求品質，再來就是說，因為我們有獨特的技術，讓我們能夠做到分叉，不會只有一支一支一支的，所以品質做出市場區隔”
宜蘭三星鄉的銀柳，因為得天獨厚的地理條件，全盛時期種植面積高達120公頃，是宜蘭代表性花卉作物。一名宜蘭土生土長的機械公司負責人，返鄉採購了十萬支銀柳，除了幫助農友，也會加工成盆景分送弱勢。
[[認購業者 洪福良]]
“我們會把他做為像一些盆景，或是一些造景的，我們會分送給像育幼院，銀柳對我們的寓意是非常好的，台語就是銀兩，所以我們的企業，在我們這樣子的活動底下，我也希望達到拋磚引玉，讓更多企業把財富，銀柳帶回家”
[[農業部農糧署東區分署長 林美華]]
“我們也希望在銀柳產業，未來他的採購能夠更規模化，再把社會企業導進來，讓企業也參與我們在地的一個農業產業的活動”
農糧署希望，未來能導入更多企業參與在地農業產業活動，讓政府輔導與企業採購雙軌並行，提高整體銀柳產業的價值。
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