Paju City to Host 4th Paju City Urban Agriculture Expo from September 26 to 28

Held at the Water Park Area of Unjeong Health Park

Paju City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 22nd that it will host the 4th Paju City Urban Agriculture Expo from September 26 to 28 at the water park area of Unjeong Health Park.

The 3rd Paju City Urban Agriculture Expo. Provided by Paju City

Now in its fourth year, this expo is themed "Young Farmers Meet the City" and serves as a platform to present a blueprint for urban agriculture created collaboratively by young farmers and city residents, aiming for the coexistence of urban and rural communities.

Since its inaugural event in 2022, the Paju City Urban Agriculture Expo has established itself as Paju’s signature agricultural event, offering urban agriculture information and a variety of hands-on programs each year to help city residents engage more easily with urban agriculture.

This year’s expo, coinciding with the Chuseok holiday, will feature sales of Paju’s local agricultural specialties, bubble shows, street performances (busking), children’s plays, and a variety of other performances. In addition, there will be exhibitions of works by urban agriculture experts, a youth urban agriculture contest, and rice planting pot activities for children, providing programs for all age groups.

Main exhibition areas will include: ▲Return-to-Farming and Rural Living Pavilion ▲Direct Trade Market for Our Rice "Pyeonghwa Miso" ▲Jeju Orchid and Rock Pine Exhibits ▲Bonsai Exhibition ▲Local Food Promotion Hall ▲Paju Attractions and On-Site Sketches Exhibition, among others.

Experiential programs open to citizens will include: ▲Moss Terrarium Making ▲Jeju Orchid Experience ▲Insect Diorama Workshop ▲Natural Dyeing Workshop ▲Personal Pressed Flower Art Making ▲Three-Color Rice Cake Skewer and Baramtteok Making ▲Succulent and Foliage Garden Creation ▲Traditional Korean Tea Snacks, and more.

To accommodate family visitors, there will be various tasting events such as: ▲Tasting of "Pyeonghwa Miso" rice cakes ▲Korean tea tasting ▲Rice chip tasting, as well as ongoing activities like agricultural machinery photo zones, free face painting, and balloon giveaways by stilt walkers.

Additionally, on the final day of the event (Sunday), there will be a plant sharing event featuring various leafy greens and plants grown in the garden plots. Works submitted to the urban agriculture expert exhibition contest will be donated to public institutions and welfare organizations.

Kim Kyoungil, Mayor of Paju City, stated, "Through this Urban Agriculture Expo, I hope that urban agriculture in Paju will become even more vibrant, and that Paju will continue to develop into a better city where nature and people coexist harmoniously."

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