Goyang Urban Agriculture Festival

The Goyang City Agricultural Technology Center will host the "13th Goyang City Urban Agriculture Festival" from October 31 to November 1. This festival was planned to allow visitors to experience the cyclical process of urban agriculture—sprouting from the soil and growing within the city—and the value of a farmer community created together by Goyang citizens. A way to fully enjoy the festival is to participate in the "Growth-Oriented Experience Program." Visitors can receive an Urban Farmer certification card through a quest stamp system provided by the headquarters. They can then experience the one-year farming process by sequentially going through the four stages of sowing, management, harvesting, and utilization to complete the stamp card. Upon submitting the completed pamphlet to the headquarters, participants can receive a commemorative gift as a reward for completing the program. Additionally, a variety of hands-on experiences are prepared to help relieve stress and promote mental and physical well-being by allowing participants to directly touch soil, flowers, and herbs within the city. To this end, applications are being accepted for a pre-experience group to participate in the therapeutic agriculture experience program. The pre-registration period runs until the 28th, and participation is completely free. The event venue will be organized into four experience zones and a farmers' market. The Urban Agriculture Zone offers activities such as making seed bombs, planting chives, an insect specimen workshop, and a rhinoceros beetle experience, while the Healing Agriculture Zone features making eco-friendly cinnamon water and crafting herbal foot bath tea bags and rose postcards. The Future Agriculture Zone showcases a mobile plant clinic, future insect farming, and urban agriculture, while the Agricultural Culture Zone presents a Kawaji rice tasting experience, an agricultural machinery exhibition, and rope wreath making. The Farmers' Market sells eco-friendly agricultural products, flowers, and succulents.