Gurye-gun Promotes Education on Gorosoe Sap Collection and Management

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yuk Mi-seok] Jeollanam-do Gurye-gun announced that on the 10th, it conducted training on ‘Gorosoe Sap Collection and Management Guidelines’ for 300 forestry workers collecting gorosoe sap in the area at the Seomjin Art Hall, marking the start of the full-fledged gorosoe sap collection season.

This training was conducted to restore the reputation of Gurye gorosoe by improving the quality of gorosoe sap and enhancing consumer trust, as well as to increase the income of forestry workers.

Through this, it renewed awareness of the importance of thorough hygiene management of gorosoe sap and post-management of collection sites, while providing an opportunity for gorosoe sap collecting forestry workers to gather in one place and exchange information related to collection.

Kim Soon-ho, the governor of Gurye-gun, said, “Through this training, we ask for cooperation to eradicate indiscriminate sap collection and to manage sap hygienically so that it can become a sustainable forest income source, and we will promptly prepare practical measures to help forest product producing farms by reflecting the various opinions received during the training.”

Gorosoe medicinal water, known as a mysterious spring medicine welcoming spring, is sap collected from the foothills of Jirisan and Baegunsan Mountains around the time of Gyeongchip from mid-January to mid-March, and it is planned to be delivered to consumers in 4.3ℓ blue containers.

Meanwhile, Gurye gorosoe produced about 960,000ℓ in 2019, generating an annual income of 2.7 billion KRW, contributing to the revitalization of the local economy as a source of winter jobs and income for forest households.

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