Hsu Chieh-ying, a social worker and a student of Tao's joined the group as a professional administrator, and later Li Mei-yun also joined. After eight months of discussions, they came up with an idea that put the community at its center--creating a "from-field-to-table" farmers 'market. To bring friends and acquaintances together to build community, Hope puts on various courses in addition to holding a farmers' market.
爾後陸續有陶蕃瀛的學生、社區工作者許捷穎加入，以及熟悉 MOA（自然農法）的植物保護基金會秘書李美雲也共襄盛舉，他們經過 8 個月的討論，共同發想出一個以經營社群為核心，推廣「從產地到餐桌」理念的創新「市集」。