The Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Agricultural Technology Institute (Director Kim Dong-hoon) held a "Field Evaluation Meeting for New High-Yield Strawberry Farming in Cold Regions" on the 27th at a strawberry farm in Taebaek City, a highland area, with farmers and city/county officials in attendance. The newly developed "fastest strawberry harvest variety in the country" utilizes the cool climate of Taebaek in the highlands to start harvesting strawberries from October, inducing dormancy during the winter months (January-February) when heating costs are high, and then resuming cultivation from March of the following year. This field evaluation meeting was organized to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of applying this technology on farms. Currently, the domestic strawberry market is approximately 1 trillion.