科技農業的社會企業主要是透過引進科技應用以解決農業相關的社會問題，並尋求兼具社會性企業與商業性企業的平衡點（共享價值，Shared Value）。解決社會問題的是「最終的結果」，過程中透過不同的形式來喚醒人們對於社會議題真實成因的了解，能夠發揮社會企業的社會影響力；為了生存，社會企業也必須同時兼具商業性，因此，社會企業會發展出屬於自己的社會企業商業模式、或與其他企業結合成具有競爭力並且難以被取代的合作型組織。
元沛農坊（沃畝股份有限公司） – 一間以科學方法解決農業社會問題的科技農業社會企業，基於「韌性理論」、及「搖籃到搖籃」設計方法，開發了廢棄物循環處理、科技農業顧問等專業服務，這些服務主要的宗旨是「永續」、「降低對自然資源的衝擊」，前者指的是「取之於自然、回饋於自然」，隱含「回饋」概念，而後者則是使用環境友善的技術並改善土地受到人類活動破壞的現狀；因此，元沛農坊執行契作或專案的過程中，都秉持著「自環境本身尋求解決方法」、「對土地友善」的中心思想，例如，在屏東大豐養豬場的案例雖然是處理養殖廢棄物，但從這些廢棄物本身卻可以提煉出對耕地土壤有益的微生物；在無毒柚種植的案例中，使用有機堆肥與光合菌；無毒米種植的案例中，使用熱裂解技術製造出的生物碳，不但減少燃燒稻穀、減少空污，還能利用碳化稻穀的生物碳特性改善土地的健康狀況；最有名的2019花蓮彩繪黑熊田案例中，使用深色的花蓮23號畫出台灣黑熊圖樣，而花蓮23號米也成為元沛農坊與木酢達人Taiwan合作釀造產品的媒介之一。
本研究以哈佛個案的方式進行撰寫，可以用於討論搖籃到搖籃、韌性理論、公益創業家精神、社會資本、社會企業的組織績效以及社會影響力等議題，例如：在原始理論的框架下如何融入產業特性並進行理論創新；韌性理論的核心價值以及其他領域的應用；如何透過資源分配不均的現狀、發現機會、提供創新觀點來實現公益創業家的精神；最後，社會企業在解決社會問題過程中如何善用合作夥伴間的連結，累積自己的社會資本。

The social enterprise of scientific agriculture is mainly to solve social problems by introducing the application of science and technology, and to seek the point where sociality and commerciality are well balanced, which is the point of shared value.
Solving social problems is the consequence. In the process, different forms are used to arouse the public's understandings towards the root causes of social problems and exert the social influence of social enterprises. Social enterprises must also be commercial to survive, they should develop their own business model or combine with other enterprises to form an organization that is competitive and hard to be replaced.
Agrifoward Limited, a venture social enterprise of scientific agriculture founded by Mr. You Ren, Hsu in 2016, is dedicated to solve social problems in agriculture by scientific methodologies and provide solutions to sustainable development and circular agriculture. They develop professional services such as “Waste Disposal & Treatment procedure” and “Scientific and Technological Agriculture Consulting” based on Resilience Theory and Cradle-to-Cradle Design. The main goals of these services are “Sustainability” and “Reduce the impact on natural resources,” which implies “Taking from nature and giving back to nature”, the concept of “Feedback”, and “Using environmentally friendly technologies and improving the status quo of land damaged by human activities.” Therefore, Agrifoward Limited always adheres to the central idea of “Seeking solutions from the environment itself.” and “Eco-friendly.” For example, the case of Dafeng Pig Farm in Pingtung City dealt with breeding waste, microorganisms that are beneficial to the cultivated soil were extracted from the waste itself. In the case of non-toxic pomelo cultivation, organic compost and photosynthetic bacteria were also used. In the case of non-toxic rice cultivation, the bio-char produced by thermal cracking technology was used, which not only reduced the burning of rice and air pollution, but also improved the health of the land by using carbonized rice with the bio-carbon properties. In the most famous case in 2019, Agrifoward Limited was invited to join the painted farm project and the dark Hualien No.23 rice was used at that time, and the Hualien No.23 rice also became one of the mediums for the brewing products of Agrifoward Limited and Dawoko, a Taiwan-based venture company, which recycles unnecessary trees and branches to maintain ecosystem.
The study is written as a Harvard case and can be used to discuss issues such as cradle-to-cradle theory, resilience theory, social entrepreneurship, social capital, organizational performance of social enterprises, and social impact. For example: how to integrate industrial characteristics and carry out theoretical innovation under the framework of original one, core values of Resilience Theory and applications in other fields, how to demonstrate the spirit of social entrepreneurship through the status quo of uneven distribution of resources, identify opportunities, and provide innovative ideas. Last but not least, how social enterprises can make good use of connections between partners and accumulate social capital when solving social problems.

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三、 其他
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2. 循環台灣基金會：https://circular-taiwan.org/case/agriforward-universecirculartechnology/
3. CSR @ 天下：
https://csr.cw.com.tw/article/41189
https://csr.cw.com.tw/article/41746
4. 環境資訊中心：https://e-info.org.tw/node/116389
5. KPMG：https://home.kpmg/tw/zh/home/insights/2016/07/social-enterprise-service.html
6. William McDonough：https://mcdonough.com/writings/cradle-cradle-remaking-way-make-things/
7. 元沛農坊：https://www.agriforward.tw/
8. 今周刊：https://www.businesstoday.com.tw/article/category/80394/post/201805180035/
9. 臺灣搖籃到搖籃平台：https://www.c2cplatform.tw/index.php
10. Circusol：https://www.circusol.eu/en/overview/what-to-expect
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16. 元沛農坊臉書：https://zh-tw.facebook.com/YuanPeiFarm/