3,500 Yangcheon Residents Share 10.9 Tons of Crops Grown in Urban Gardens with Vulnerable Groups

Yangcheon Urban Agriculture Park and Sintree Park Garden Plots Cultivated by 3,466 Residents
Yangcheon Food Bank Market, Sharing Stores, and Free Meal Centers Continue 362 Donations to Those in Need

Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Lee Gi-jae) announced that a total of 10.9 tons of crops grown directly by local residents, ranging from kindergarten children to the elderly, over the course of a year at the urban vegetable gardens in Yangcheon Urban Agriculture Park and Sintree Park, established through the urban agriculture park operation project, were delivered to vulnerable groups within the district.

This initiative was prepared to spread a culture of sharing by providing fresh vegetables to residents facing economic difficulties in purchasing vegetables due to rising prices. A total of 3,500 residents participated in the garden donation, donating a variety of 45 types of vegetables and edible flowers such as taro, cucumber, potato, spinach, peanut, and pumpkin, which they cultivated with their own hands, to places in need such as the Yangcheon Food Bank Market and the Disabled Foundation.

There are two vegetable gardens in operation. First, at Yangcheon Urban Agriculture Park located in Sinwol-dong, since March, efforts have been made to secure safe food for vulnerable groups in the area by carrying out everything from planting and plant management using eco-friendly farming methods to harvesting, packaging, and delivery.

Participants include ▲ garden caretakers recommended by 16 community centers in the area ▲ users of six welfare institutions including Sinmok Comprehensive Social Welfare Center, Sinjeong Comprehensive Social Welfare Center, and Yangcheon Senior Welfare Center ▲ 1,192 children aged 3 to 6 from four childcare institutions ▲ and 85 garden friends (volunteers).

At Sintree Park located in Sinjeong-dong, an urban horticulture experience program was operated for 2,189 children from 10 childcare institutions. Through various ecological experience activities such as rice planting and harvesting, it became a meaningful time to practice sharing by educating about safe food and donating the crops harvested through hard work to marginalized neighbors.

The vegetable garden project at Yangcheon Urban Agriculture Park started with 21 donations (2.6 tons) in 2020 and has continued with 362 donations this year, with the amount and frequency of donations increasing every year, establishing itself as a continuous culture of giving rather than a one-time event.

Lee Gi-jae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, said, “It is truly meaningful that our residents can share the crops they have grown with care and sweat with neighbors in need,” and added, “We will continue to make efforts to practice love for neighbors through various participatory programs and share a warm year-end together.”

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