Wanju-gun, Opening of W Food Therapy Center

Utilized as a Hub Space for Industrializing Healing Food

[Wanju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Han-ho] Wanju County announced on the 17th that it has opened the ‘W Food Therapy Center’ as part of the Rural New Vitality Plus Project.

The W Food Therapy Center combines the English letter "W," representing Wanju (the region), Wellbeing (health), and Welcome (tourism), with food therapy. The center includes food manufacturing research and shared factories, a meal kit sales exhibition hall, healing beverage sales, health self-diagnosis, and a healing garden.

Prior to this, Wanju County invested a total project cost of 3.345 billion KRW to install product exhibition and experience/sales spaces, a new product development room, and healing spaces. Construction of the center began in May last year and was completed in April this year.

The W Food Therapy Center plans to operate on a trial basis until the end of this month and will begin full-scale operations starting next month.

Local communities and businesses can produce products here and immediately display them in the meal kit sales exhibition hall, allowing direct interaction with consumers.

Additionally, a healing program that encourages healthy lifestyle patterns through health checks using InBody devices and experiential activities will be operated regularly.

So far, over 320 people have completed the W Food Academy held as individual projects, and capacity-building education has been provided for 40 action group leaders and activists, while 34 action group organizations have been fostered.

In this regard, Wanju County has already registered the trademark ‘Baromil’ for home meal replacements and plans to sell 48 types of home meal replacements at the center, including 10 types of healing beverages and 10 types of bakery products made using local agricultural products.

Furthermore, the county plans to establish 12 healing farms utilizing the beautiful resources of local communities and rural areas to provide much-needed social services in rural areas, operating healing programs and mini farms tailored to the characteristics of each farm.

Wanju=Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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