[Hankook Farmers' Newspaper Reporter Jo Sung-je] The Gyeongbuk Agricultural Technology Institute held an expert invitation seminar at the Gumi Smart Agriculture Research Institute last month on the 23rd, seeking technology utilizing image-based artificial intelligence and for the production of high-value natural products in plant factories. The seminar, attended by over 50 members of the Smart Agriculture Research Association and officials from municipal agricultural technology centers responsible for smart agriculture, was organized to find practical solutions for future agriculture utilizing image-based artificial intelligence (AI) and plant factories, which are rapidly growing technologies in the global smart agriculture sector. The first presentation was given by Woosung Moon, CEO of Woori Smart Bio Co., Ltd., on "Production of natural material using plant factories and