Given the fact that most of the trees planted along streets, in yards and gardens, and in planters in Taiwan are from abroad, beginning in January of 2001 the New Homeland Association, subsidized by the Council of Labor Affairs and the "Taumi Ecological Tourism Model Development Plan" of the Council of Agricultural Affairs, hired 25 unemployed people from Taumi to begin the task of propagating native Taiwan plant species.
有鑑於台灣四處所見的行道樹、庭園、盆栽幾乎多為外來植物，從民國九十年元月起，新故鄉基金會獲得勞委會「重建大軍」及農委會「桃米生態觀光示範推動計畫」的補助支持，在桃米雇用二十五名失業鄉親，從事台灣原生植物的培育工作。