Daejeon City Resumes Rural Experience Program for Infants and Toddlers After 2 Years

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City is resuming its rural experience program for infants and toddlers after two years.

On the 20th, the city announced that it will start local food value experience education by supporting visits to agricultural production sites and local food package experience fees for infants and toddlers at local daycare centers.

This education program was replaced by non-face-to-face activities (kimchi-making experience) for about two years due to COVID-19, but recently switched back to a full face-to-face format.

The program received applications from 101 local daycare centers in May, and a total of about 1,700 infants and toddlers are expected to participate by October this year.

The education program consists of harvest experience activities (face-to-face education) such as potato harvesting and picking tomatoes and blueberries; agricultural product cultivation activities such as growing sprouts and tomatoes, making injeolmi and pickles; and local food package experience activities using local food operated by the city (non-face-to-face education).

Face-to-face education will be conducted at experience sites (farms) in four villages with rural experience operation experience, including Sedong, while non-face-to-face education will be conducted by three villages including Daecheongho Dume Village, delivering educational booklets, manuals, and experience packages.

Kim Ki-hwan, Director of the Citizen Community Bureau of the city, said, “Through local food value experience education, we hope local children will learn where their food comes from and have an opportunity to raise awareness about local food.”

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