Operation of Geumcheon Healing Family Urban Farmer Experience Farm

Operating at Geumcheon-gu Weekend Farm from July 31 to October 17... Weekly camping experience events for families without weekend farm allotments held every Friday and Saturday

Yuseong Hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon District (right in the photo), is planting seedlings with children at the opening ceremony of the Geumcheon Eco-friendly Weekend Farm last April.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yoo Seong-hoon) will operate the ‘Geumcheon Healing Family Urban Farmer Experience Farm’ at the Geumcheon Eco-friendly Weekend Farm, located at 332 Haan-dong, Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do, from July 31 to October 17.

The ‘Geumcheon Healing Family Urban Farmer Experience Farm’ was established to provide families living busy urban lives with little leisure time an opportunity to heal with nature at a nearby weekend farm.

The district will hold camping experience events every Friday and Saturday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. for families who have not leased plots at the weekend farm, offering edible leafy vegetables and other food items.

Additionally, from Tuesday to Thursday each week, a Farmer School will be operated for local children’s groups to experience crop cultivation.

For residents participating in the camping experience, the district will provide organic leafy vegetables grown at the weekend farm, shade tents with platforms suitable for tent installation, grills, and tableware.

Participants are required to bring food such as pork belly, kimchi, and rice for their families.

The camping experience will recruit 176 families on a first-come, first-served basis over five sessions at intervals of 2 to 3 weeks through the district’s website. Detailed application schedules can be found in the Geumcheon News section on the district website.

Mayor Yoo Seong-hoon of Geumcheon-gu stated, “I hope that residents, whose leisure activities have been restricted due to COVID-19, can relieve stress through the open-air weekend farm camping experience and that it will help overcome the prolonged COVID-19 situation.”

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