Part of running a farm is to have a vegetable garden and Toucheng Leisure Farm is proud of their vegetable garden. One of the pecks having your very own vegetable garden, is that you don't have to worry about going out to buy vegetables. Toucheng Leisure Farm grows some of their vegetable which they include and serve to their visitors.
One of TLF's self grown vegetable is the Gynura bicolor or hongfeng cai 紅鳳菜. Gynura bicolor is part of the chrysanthemum family. There are two kinds: one that is green on both sides, and another with leaves that are green on the top and purple underneath. Toucheng Leisure Farm grows the second one. Both kinds are considered medicinal vegetables.
Gynura is known for it richness in iron and potassium, calcium, and vitamin A.
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