Udeumji Farm "Joins Goyang-si Economic Free Zone Smart Farm Ecosystem Construction Project"

Udeumji Farm announced on the 19th that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Goyang City for the designation and activation of the Goyang Free Economic Zone.

This agreement focuses on cooperation for the designation of the Goyang Free Economic Zone and the activation of the zone through Udeumji Farm’s future operation of smart farms.

Currently, Goyang City is promoting various projects to become a self-sufficient city through job creation and to secure designation as a Free Economic Zone. The designated site for the Goyang Free Economic Zone covers approximately 17.66 million square meters (5.34 million pyeong) in the so-called JDS district, including Janghang, Daehwa, and Songpo areas. Goyang City is attracting companies from various sectors such as vertical smart farms, MICE, bio, and K-Culture to this area.

The vertical smart farm is a multi-layered structure where cultivation facilities are stacked inside an artificial structure. It is a system that artificially controls growth environments such as light, air, heat, and nutrients to produce agricultural products as planned regardless of weather or seasonal changes. Its productivity per unit area is outstanding.

Through this agreement, Udeumji Farm and Goyang City have agreed to actively cooperate in ▲ establishing production, processing, and distribution facilities for smart farm operation ▲ linking education related to smart farms, experience programs, and distribution services ▲ cooperating to build educational facilities and employee welfare facilities.

If this project is realized, it is expected to have significant meaning as the first large-scale smart farm construction in the metropolitan area.

Above all, as an integrated 6th industry model that combines primary production, secondary processing and distribution, and tertiary sales, it holds great significance in creating a new ecosystem that directly connects consumers and agriculture. The industry expects that the expansion of local food infrastructure based on smart farm dissemination will bring innovation to the fresh agricultural product supply system in the metropolitan area.

Going forward, Udeumji Farm and Goyang City plan to continue various discussions for mutual cooperation based on this MOU, focusing on vertical smart farms, profit-oriented crop cultivation, customized agricultural food crop cultivation, and the construction and operation of semi-enclosed greenhouses.

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