They provided capital, lending farmers money to rent land and buy fertilizer, and only collecting the debt after the harvest came in. The only place with a somewhat different model is Hsinmei Village in Alishan Township.
早期以融資方式，先貸款給農民付土地租金、購置肥料，待收成再還款；而今光原仍延續原先合作模式，唯獨阿里山鄉新美村方式較特殊。