How does a family-owned lumber business survive decades of change, especially after Taiwan's ban on natural forest logging in the 1990s? In this episode of Zoom In Zoom Out, Isabel Wang visits Te Feng Lumber Company in central Taiwan to hear from its third-generation leaders and dedicated employees about the passion that has kept the business going and how they're embracing new opportunities in sustainable wood construction.

 

0:00 Secrets behind Te Feng's 80-year family business

2:20 How Te Feng passes on its craft

3:54 Inside Te Feng's wood factory

5:06 Gender diversity in a male-dominated field

7:36 What's holding back Taiwan's timber industry?

9:08 Te Feng's symbolic wood projects

10:19 Can wood houses be more prevalent in Taiwan?