Naju City Supports 'Experience Potted Cherry Tomato Plants' for Childcare Centers

Naju City (Mayor Yun Byung-tae) is supporting a 'Cherry Tomato Pot Experience Program' for local childcare centers to help children experience nature and agriculture, practicing ecological education tailored to children's perspectives. Naju City recently announced that it has distributed indoor cherry tomato experience pots to 15 local childcare centers. The city conducted an 'experiential agricultural education' program allowing children to directly grow plants, observe their growth process, and experience the joy of harvesting. This project utilized pots custom-made for children's experiences through local farms connected to local food direct stores. By providing cherry tomato plants with both fruits and flowers, the program was designed to help children easily access observation, watering, and harvesting processes. Particularly, this opportunity is expected to help urban children form ecological sensitivity and understand food values by directly experiencing the preciousness of ...