Hongcheon Chorok Chorok Smart Farm wins the grand prize in the GAP certification excellence case competition.

Published Nov 6, 2025

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[Korean Farmers' Newspaper Reporter Eu-jeong Lee] Gangwon Branch of the National Agro-Food Quality Management Service announced on the 4th that the Chorok Chorok Smart Farm located in Hongcheon County won the Minister's Gold Prize at the 11th GAP Certification Best Practices Competition for "Safe Strawberries Made by a Smart Farm – Trust and Quality Guarded by GAP." The GAP Certification Best Practices Competition, now in its 11th year, aims to discover and disseminate exemplary cases of GAP-certified farms, GAP-certified agricultural produce handling distributors, and institutional catering to promote the spread of GAP certification. The selection process involved recruiting participants from three sectors: production, distribution, and local governments, and it was conducted from July to 1.

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Hongcheon-based Choroksaerok Smart Farm won the Minister's Gold Prize at the 11th GAP Certification Excellence Case Competition for "Safe Strawberries Made by Smart Farm – Trust and Quality Guarded by GAP," according to the Gangwon Branch of the National Agro-Products Quality Management Service on the 4th. The GAP Certification Excellence Case Competition, now in its 11th year, aims to discover and disseminate exemplary cases of GAP-certified farms, GAP-certified agricultural product handling distributors, and institutional catering to promote the spread of GAP certification. The selection process involved participants from three sectors: production, distribution, and local government, and spanned four months from July to October, including document, on-site, and presentation reviews. Choroksaerok Smart Farm, located in Hwacheon-myeon, Hongcheon-gun, which won the Gold Prize in the production sector, is a farm that produces and distributes GAP-certified strawberries. Since 2022, ...

Source: Agrinet