A veteran born in 1947, Chen was diagnosed with leukemia not long after his retirement. He had chemotherapy for four years, a bone marrow transplant at the age of 53, and then they moved to the mountains.
民國 36 年次的陳正武本是職業軍人，退休後不久竟發現罹患白血病，先後經過 4 年化療，53 歲時接受骨髓移植，之後移居山上，一邊自修農耕，一邊身體力行打造生機花園。