The population of young farmers has been growing in Taiwan in recent years, reversing the trend of a farm exodus in past decades. While we should be happy that an increasing number of young people are willing to engage in farming using new technologies and concepts, there is an aspect worth noticing: many young people have no choice but to return home to farm because they cannot find suitable jobs in cities or industrial parks. Education reforms over the past 20 years have led to a significant increase in the number of universities and thus more higher education graduates. However, instead of supporting the reforms with strong industrial policies to allow these professionally-trained persons to perform their expertise, the government has implemented its industrial policies rather loosely, resulting in a business exodus to China. The seriousness of the business exodus has long been overlooked in Taiwan. Unfortunately, the various China-leaning policies adopted by the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou have further worsened the problem, leaving Taiwan's unemployment rate at high levels and local workers' earnings regressing to the levels of 13 years ago. More worrying still, the Ma administration is planning to promote even more China-leaning policies. If all these policies are materialized, all farming- based villages around Taiwan will probably see back-flows of residents. In the meantime, the economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) that Taiwan is planning to sign with China is expected to result in a cross-Taiwan Strait division of labor in which Taiwan will become a cheap labor market. With China expected to dump its cheap agricultural products in Taiwan, our young farmers will not enjoy the fun of farming because they will live in true poverty. 