Selvans Social Farm

Sustainability Impact Dashboard

All data on this page is public and quotable. Corporate partners, journalists and researchers are welcome to link to it directly — impact here is measurable, auditable and traceable.

Sources: weekly system reporting from partner farms and the Selvans 2025 Impact White Paper | Synesgy sustainability assessment in progress

1,644person-days

Workdays by participants from disadvantaged backgrounds

Counted from daily attendance records, confirmed weekly by social workers

Linked to the farm system▾

Partner farms report weekly → an administrator reviews each report → 173 approved reports are aggregated automatically (across 8 farms)

Most recent approved report:2026-09-28

Full methodology →

8farms

Social-welfare organisation farms in the supply chain

About 1.5 ha of low-input farmland in total (farm system records)

Linked to the farm system▾

Partner farms report weekly → an administrator reviews each report → 173 approved reports are aggregated automatically (across 8 farms)

Most recent approved report:2026-09-28

Full methodology →

71%

Participants in sustained, long-term engagement

Share of participants past their first 12 weeks who still worked in the last 4 weeks

Linked to the farm system▾

Partner farms report weekly → an administrator reviews each report → 173 approved reports are aggregated automatically (across 8 farms)

Most recent approved report:2026-09-28

Full methodology →

8,528hours

Hours of work by participants from disadvantaged backgrounds

Cumulative; confirmed weekly by social workers and reviewed by administrators

Linked to the farm system▾

Partner farms report weekly → an administrator reviews each report → 173 approved reports are aggregated automatically (across 8 farms)

Most recent approved report:2026-09-28

Full methodology →

Live Supply-Chain Data

8 farms · 173 reviewed weekly reports · latest week 2026-09-28

Partner farms report fieldwork, hours, harvest and environmental conditions every week. Figures are counted only after an administrator reviews each report. The system continuously tracks 28 impact indicators across five areas — disability employment, local procurement, biodiversity, climate action and supply-chain governance — each mapped to GRI, SDG or TNFD.

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Includes GRI/SDG mapping for each indicator and suggested sustainability-report sections

The farm network

8 partner farms run by social-welfare organisations across 7 counties, plus Selvans' own training base in Daxi, Taoyuan. Each dot is its own supply chain: the organisation grows, Selvans supplies seedlings, know-how and offtake.

For corporate clients this map decides whether ESG-rating indicator S-3 (community development) can be claimed at all — criterion one asks for the scope of *your* community, so a farm inside your operating county is what makes the outcome yours.

Locations

Select a number to jump to that farm's story

  1. 1思凡自然農園桃園市大溪區 | 思凡社會企業
  2. 2罕見家園療癒農場新竹縣關西鎮 | 財團法人罕見疾病基金會附設新竹縣私立關西身心障礙福利服務中心
  3. 3知星園友善農場苗栗縣 | 社團法人苗栗縣自閉症協進會
  4. 4靜鴻家園 香草園彰化縣 | 財團法人彰化縣私立真善美社會福利慈善事業基金會附設靜鴻家園
  5. 5香草躲貓貓雲林縣 | 亞葵小鎮康復之家
  6. 6芥菜種會少年之家農場花蓮縣新城鄉 | 財團法人基督教芥菜種會
  7. 7芥菜種會關山習藝所台東縣關山鎮 | 財團法人基督教芥菜種會
  8. 8美地農園台東縣台東市 | 社團法人台東縣康復之友協會
  9. 9宜蘭夥伴農場宜蘭縣 | Name withheld at the partner's request
  • County with a partner farm
  • Partner farm
  • Selvans training base

Pins sit at township level, not at the farms' exact coordinates. County boundaries are simplified from Taiwan government open data.

The farms, in their own words

Written by the partner organisations themselves; Selvans has condensed but not rewritten them.

Photos are provided by the partner organisations, which hold signed consent from everyone pictured.

桃園大溪思凡自然農園:溫室旁的大樹下,來參訪的人在樹蔭裡集合,前面是一片綠色田區
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思凡自然農園

桃園市大溪區 | 思凡社會企業

思凡自然農園的標誌:黃色兔子、澆水壺與葉片

育苗、技術指導與教育訓練的起點

Selvans' own base in Daxi, Taoyuan. Seedlings, growing know-how and offtake are planned here, so partner organisations can start work without first becoming farmers.

新竹關西罕見家園療癒農場:一行行種在黑色抑草蓆上的檸檬香茅,後方是溫室
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罕見家園療癒農場

新竹縣關西鎮 | 財團法人罕見疾病基金會附設新竹縣私立關西身心障礙福利服務中心

財團法人罕見疾病基金會罕見家園的標誌

無障礙的幸福農場

A barrier-free farm for families affected by rare diseases, combining horticultural therapy with rehabilitation. Level paths and raised planters let wheelchair users work the beds themselves — patients here are growers, not only care recipients.

苗栗知星園友善農場:三連棟溫室的外觀,牆面掛著農場標誌
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知星園友善農場

苗栗縣 | 社團法人苗栗縣自閉症協進會

社團法人苗栗縣自閉症協進會的標誌

做中學,學中成長

Most participants had never farmed before — some could not tell crops from weeds. Instructors demonstrate each step again and again, from tools and tilling to tending the hens. The harvest turns into pocket money they earned themselves.

彰化靜鴻家園香草園:抑草蓆上長成一排排的香草,園友在田裡工作
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靜鴻家園 香草園

彰化縣 | 財團法人彰化縣私立真善美社會福利慈善事業基金會附設靜鴻家園

真善美社會福利基金會的標誌

園友的樂園

A residential home for people with neurological and psychiatric disabilities, who are called “garden friends” here. The herb garden is one of their work circles — 2,445 m² leased and built out from irrigation to weed matting.

🌿Photo coming soon
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香草躲貓貓

雲林縣 | 亞葵小鎮康復之家

Profile in preparation.

花蓮新城芥菜種會少年之家農場:一整片薄荷田,遠處夥伴背著噴霧器在田裡工作
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芥菜種會少年之家農場

花蓮縣新城鄉 | 財團法人基督教芥菜種會

教練的薄荷田

Run by Coach Yang, who has had multiple cardiac stents and still coaches the home's baseball team at weekends. The soil is rich enough that the mint needs watering only weekly — the weeds, however, are a daily job.

台東關山芥菜種會關山習藝所:鋪著抑草蓆的紫蘇田畦,夥伴蹲在田中照顧植株
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芥菜種會關山習藝所

台東縣關山鎮 | 財團法人基督教芥菜種會

芥菜種會關山習藝所的標誌

習藝而得著

Mustard Seed Mission's work-based rehabilitation programme. One team member has dialysis every week and cares for a father who has had a stroke; farm work flexible enough to fit around treatment is what let him rebuild both income and skills.

台東美地農園:兩行長得茂盛的紫蘇田,中間是鋪著抑草蓆的走道
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美地農園

台東縣台東市 | 社團法人台東縣康復之友協會

美地農園的標誌:戴帽子的農人抱著一隻雞,四周是紫蘇葉

人照顧土地,土地滋養人心

Named after the biblical promised land. The association supports people recovering from mental illness; the perilla seedlings' hard first two months — bolting under stress, then pests — became the team's own story of not giving up.

🌿Photo coming soon
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宜蘭夥伴農場

宜蘭縣 | Name withheld at the partner's request

Profile in preparation.

Traceability · From Field to Table

2026Q4 · photographed by the farm at the moment of harvest and packing

Every batch of herbs carries a traceable record: harvest, packing and transport are each logged with photographs taken on the spot — an internal check, and a way for supporters to see the whole journey.

19batches

Traceable batches to date

0batches

New batches this quarter

40photos

Harvest / packing photo records

6farms

Farms with traceability in place

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1. Harvest

Farms photograph the harvest as it happens, recording crop, quantity and method

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2. Packing

Photographed again at weighing, confirming item and weight against the harvest record

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3. Shipping

The delivery note carries the batch number; the recipient scans the QR code to trace the whole chain

Actual Batch Records

Open any batch to see which farm it came from and how it was harvested and packed — this is what we mean by auditable.

This is what we record for our corporate partners — every purchase you make can become a traceable record of social impact like this.

Against the SDGs: From Inputs to Change

Each card follows one chain: what Selvans puts in, what we do, what can be counted, and what has changed. Figures marked live come straight from approved weekly farm reports; 2030 targets are shown separately and are not results. Live figures as of 06/10/2026.

SocialSDG 8.3

Social (internal): Skills development and employment

Promote productive activities and decent work

Inputs

  • ·Social-work professionals on site, designing task allocation with each organisation
  • ·Accessible farm workflows and tools (raised beds, task splitting)

Activities

  • ·Training farm instructors and support staff to lead the work
  • ·Breaking farm work into steps by ability: seedlings, cuttings, watering, harvest, packing
  • ·Recording each participant's progress and sharing it with the partner organisation

Outputs

  • 1,644 participant-daysin herb farming by people facing disadvantageLIVEone participant-day per day attended
  • 8,528 hoursof employment, logged in weekly reportsLIVE
  • 29 task-daysfarm tasks completed independentlyLIVE

Outcomes

  • 71%long-term participation rateLIVEshare of participants past their 12th week who attended in the last 4 weeks

2030 target: Train 500 participants from disadvantaged backgrounds in farm work, with 30% moving into stable employment.

SocialSDG 10.2

Social (external): A social-welfare farm supply chain

Reduce inequality and promote inclusion

Inputs

  • ·Trial-tested herb seedlings supplied centrally
  • ·On-site and online guidance on growing, farm work and product development

Activities

  • ·Helping organisations prepare land and lay out herb plots
  • ·Guaranteed purchase of the herbs, processed by licensed food manufacturers
  • ·Weekly reports and meetings to keep progress and data in step

Outputs

  • 8 farmsrun by social-welfare organisations in the supply chainLIVE
  • 1.5 haof low-input farmland across partner farmsLIVEfarm system records
  • 796 kgharvested, from approved weekly reportsLIVE

Outcomes

  • Partner feedback: growing herbs only made the work simpler and more standardised; guaranteed purchase removed the worry of not being able to sell; one organisation now uses herb income to employ people in recovery with full labour and health insurance.Source: 2025 focus interview with a partner organisation

2030 target: Extend the model to 100 social-welfare organisations and bring 100 companies in through sustainable procurement.

GovernanceSDG 12.8

Governance: An ESG-data herb supply chain

Provide sustainability information for responsible lifestyles

Inputs

  • ·An in-house ESG recording module and tracked indicators
  • ·Brand and visual design that turns farm stories into readable sustainability narratives

Activities

  • ·Family days, volunteer days, food-and-farming education and hands-on workshops
  • ·Helping companies turn activity results into sustainability-report material
  • ·Half-yearly pesticide residue testing

Outputs

  • 173 reportsapproved weekly farm reportsLIVEtraceable to week and farm
  • 28 indicatorstracked by the systemLIVE
  • 0pesticide residues detected (tested every six months)

2030 target: Supply disclosable ESG data to 100 corporate partners.

EnvironmentalSDG 15

Environmental: Low-input farming and species records

Protect ecosystems and halt biodiversity loss

Inputs

  • ·Low-input farming with no chemical pesticides (including herbicides)
  • ·iNaturalist species observations, identified with the community

Activities

  • ·Weekly pesticide-free confirmation (farm-reported, admin-reviewed)
  • ·Composting of farm residues
  • ·Field observation and environmental education sessions

Outputs

  • 100%of weekly reports confirm pesticide-free growingLIVE
  • 10 recordsspecies observations in weekly reportsLIVE

2030 target: Reuse at least 30% of agricultural waste.

Sustainability Governance

Credible data comes from process. These are the governance mechanisms Selvans runs today, and where each one stands:

  • ✓Impact white paper, published annually (latest edition: December 2025)
  • ✓Synesgy sustainability assessment: in progress
  • ✓Weekly reporting by partner farms, reviewed weekly by an administrator; every figure traceable to week and farm
  • ✓Half-yearly pesticide residue testing, held to zero detection
  • ✓Product carbon-footprint inventory in progress (not yet complete)
Farm partners doing regenerative cultivation work at Selvans Natural Farm

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