Sunchang-gun, Firefighters' Mental and Physical Stability Achieved with Healing Agriculture 'Highly Effective'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Geon-ju] The Agricultural Technology Center of Sunchang-gun, Jeonbuk, announced on the 3rd that it conducted a healing agriculture program that can provide firefighters with a healing time to reduce stress.

According to the center, the healing agriculture program held on the 2nd and 3rd is an agricultural activity provided to help psychological stability and health recovery by utilizing various agricultural resources.

It offers social services such as healing and rehabilitation through agricultural activities not only for those who need medical treatment but also for people under severe stress.

The county Agricultural Technology Center has been continuously promoting the healing agriculture development project since 2015 to strengthen the competitiveness of agriculture and rural areas and realize the multifunctional roles of agriculture.

Starting this year, a field study was conducted through a mind and body stabilization program that heals the body and mind using healing agriculture for firefighters at the Sunchang Fire Station.

The program, conducted through a business agreement among three organizations: Sunchang-gun Agricultural Technology Center, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, and Sunchang Fire Station, concluded with this session.

The county plans to use healing agriculture data by checking participants' health status through stress, blood pressure, and surveys before and after participating in programs such as vegetable harvesting, cooking with the harvest, and color food.

An official from the Agricultural Technology Center said, “We are striving to activate a professional healing farm in Sunchang-gun to enhance the value of agriculture and foster it as a new agricultural income business,” adding, “We will actively implement healing agriculture policies such as creating a healing agriculture theme park to make Sunchang a mecca of healing agriculture.”

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