Having run the Hohsin Tea Production Company in Shihchuo for over 20 years, the father and son team Huang Hsin-tsai and Huang Jung-chia have already been forced to consider switching industries as a result of the downturn. Not only has the older Mr. Huang begun to operate a private hostel in his hometown, he is now also growing ashitaba, known to be an effective anti-carcinogen, on the fringes of his tea plantation.
在石棹鄉經營「禾欣製茶所」二十多年的黃新材、黃榮嘉父子，為因應不景氣，已開始思考轉型，老先生不僅開始在老家經營起民宿，也在茶園旁邊加種具有抗癌功效的明日葉。