Geumcheon-gu Hosts 'Urban Agriculture Festival'

Making Kimchi with Crops Grown at Geumcheon Urban Agriculture Experience Center, Agricultural Experience Event... Registration Opens November 6 on Geumcheon District Office Website 'Integrated Reservation - Other Reservations'

Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yu Seong-hoon) will hold the ‘Geumcheon Urban Agriculture Festival’ at Geumnarae Central Park starting at 10 a.m. on the 17th.

The ‘Urban Agriculture Festival’ was organized to raise awareness among residents about the value of urban agriculture. Using crops grown at the Geumcheon Urban Agriculture Experience Center, activities such as making kimchi for kimjang and agricultural experiences will be conducted.

First, a kimchi-making event will be held for 70 residents. Participants can make and take home 20kg of kimchi per person using salted napa cabbage and seasonings made from domestic ingredients, with support from Geumcheon-gu and the volunteer camp. Notably, this year, in line with the event theme ‘Geumcheon United through Agriculture,’ low-income multicultural families will also participate.

Applications can be made by paying a participation fee of 120,000 KRW through the Geumcheon-gu Office website’s ‘Integrated Reservation - Other Reservations’ from November 6 to 14.

At the agricultural experience booths, eight programs including mushroom tea tasting, making ginseng syrup, and pounding rice cakes will be offered. Residents wishing to participate can register online via the Geumcheon-gu Office website from November 8 to 14, or apply on-site on the day of the event.

There will also be a ‘Photo Zone’ where visitors can take commemorative photos with rural scenery as the backdrop, and an ‘Agricultural Products Market’ selling radishes, napa cabbage, taro, turmeric, ginger, and other produce grown in Geumcheon at prices lower than market rates.

Yu Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, said, “I believe the true meaning of agriculture is to provide a link that unites residents as one,” adding, “I hope this Urban Agriculture Festival will be a great opportunity for residents to revive the significance of agriculture.”

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