"Soap made from discarded lettuce, with export success as the goal"

Young farmers in South Chungcheong unite to utilize low-quality basil and discarded lettuce stems Creating processed products to establish 'income base' Applying processes such as hot air drying and freeze drying Creating prototype products from by-product powder Also pushing for the development of tomato basil ketchup "It is common to uproot the lettuce beds left after harvesting with a tractor in the field." In order to reduce discarded agricultural by-products and to establish a stable income base by moving away from being a novice farmer, young farmers have come together. The young farmer team 'The Leaf' from Nonsan, South Chungcheong, upcycled low-quality basil and discarded lettuce stems to create processed products such as soap. Their challenge shone at the results-sharing meeting of the '2025 Youth Farmer Team Project Activation Support Business' organized by the Agro-Fisheries Food Education Culture Information Center, and they won the Minister's Award of the Ministry of ...