Cabbage one head, heart one handful... 35 'little farmers' growing up in Sejong

Urban farming and garden gardening education concludes "I learned that food and nature are not far away" Small, warm hands carefully hold a single leaf of cabbage and apply seasoning. They hesitate slightly, wondering if their hands will get stained, but then, following a friend, they dip their fingertips deeper. On the 11th, the Youth Forest Experience Center at the National Sejong Arboretum was bustling with little farmers learning about nature and food within the living culture of "Kimchi." The "Urban Farming and Garden Gardening Education" program, conducted by the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Agricultural Technology Center, concluded with a closing ceremony on this day. This education program, which ran for a total of seven sessions from September to November, was aimed at 35 children aged 6-7 from vulnerable groups in the area. It was designed to allow them to get close to nature and understand the meaning of food that comes from the earth. Seven urban agriculture ...