Daejeon City Adds Six New Urban Smart Farm "Daejeon Farm" Sites for Future Agriculture Expansion

Spreading the Urban Smart Agriculture Model Utilizing Idle Spaces

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Daejeon City has completed the construction of six new sites for the smart farm project "Daejeon Farm" and has begun full-scale operations, aiming to spread an urban future agriculture model that links agricultural production and distribution with experiential programs.

The six newly established sites are in addition to three previously operating smart farms—technology research type, theme type, and demonstration type—bringing the total Daejeon Farm network to nine sites.

Last year, through the Daejeon Job Economy Promotion Agency, the city publicly invited and selected private operators, and promoted the creation of various new types of smart farms different from the existing ones, such as the workplace-linked type, sharing culture expansion type, and open proposal competition type.

The workplace-linked type involves Bongbong Farm Seedling Cafe and Green Estec Co., Ltd., producing and utilizing agricultural products in connection with existing businesses such as cafes. The sharing culture expansion type, operated by Green Yuseong Farm Co., Ltd., is a public-interest smart farm that provides part of its harvested agricultural products to the socially disadvantaged.

The open proposal competition type is operated by three companies—Enfresh Co., Ltd., S& Co., Ltd., and Green Farm Co., Ltd.—and is a model that realizes new business ideas based on private sector creativity.

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Based on its experience establishing nine sites, Daejeon City plans to continue expanding "Daejeon Farm." In particular, the city will analyze the operational outcomes of each type to broaden the Daejeon Farm network and actively utilize these results in promoting smart agriculture policies.

Park Youngcheol, Director of Greenery and Agricultural Life at Daejeon City, stated, "Daejeon Farm, which started with two sites in 2023, has now expanded to nine, establishing itself as a new model for urban agriculture. Going forward, we will leverage the characteristics of each type to provide tangible benefits to citizens and create a virtuous cycle that coexists with the local community."

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