"Making Chungnam a Food Tech Mecca with Baek Jong-won"

CEO Baek Jong-won attending the 'Chungnam Province, Yesan County, The Born Korea Venture Campus Attraction Business Agreement Ceremony for Fostering the Green Bio Industry Ecosystem' held at the Chungnam Provincial Government Situation Room in May last year
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Chungnam Province has partnered with Baek Jong-won, CEO of The Born Korea, to grow the food tech industry.

On the 24th, Chungnam Province signed a "Business Agreement for the Promotion of the Food Tech Industry and Attraction of the Food Tech Research Support Center" at The Born Food Service Industry Development Institute in Yesan County. Attendees included Yoo Jae-ryong, Director of the Industrial Economy Office of the Province, Do Jung-seon, Vice Governor of Yesan County, Park Yoon-je, Professor of Food Engineering at Kongju National University, and Byun Jun-ho, Head of The Born Korea. Currently, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is promoting the establishment of a "Food Tech Research Support Center" equipped with facilities and equipment to enable companies to develop materials and test products. If selected in the public contest for establishing the Food Tech Research Support Center, the province plans to invest 10.5 billion KRW by 2026 to build a research support center covering 12,892㎡ in the Naepo Bio Green Bio Cluster.

This agreement was made to help attract the Food Tech Research Support Center to Yesan, bringing together Yesan County, Kongju National University, and The Born Korea. These institutions also agreed to cooperate to foster the food tech industry by establishing a sustainable food production system using local agricultural products, while increasing local farmers' income and ensuring food safety. The Born Korea will produce and sell food tech products using local specialties and handle brand marketing, while Kongju National University will support product development and research. The province and Yesan County will create a food tech innovation cluster within the Naepo Bio Green Bio Cluster. The cluster will include smart farms, industrial complexes, and research support complexes to establish a national leading model for the bio-agriculture industry.

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