Muan County in Jeonnam Province is working to strengthen the foundation of sustainable healing agriculture by developing healing programs that utilize specialized resources from individual farms while ensuring visitor safety.
On August 7, Muan County held a meeting at the county agricultural technology center with local healing farm operators to discuss the direction of future capacity-building education and tailored consulting for healing farms, the county announced on August 12.
The meeting focused on identifying healing rural tourism products and programs that can be practically utilized in the field, considering the resources and readiness of each farm.
Participants agreed that while each farm has unique rural resources and experiential elements, there is a need to refine these into programs that align with the target audience and healing objectives.
In response, the county plans to promote capacity-building education and consulting centered on discovering healing resources specific to each farm, establishing representative activities, and setting healing goals for different participant groups. The aim is to enhance the competitiveness of healing agriculture by ensuring each farm has differentiated content.
The importance of not only the quality of healing programs but also on-site safety management was emphasized during the meeting.
A safety manager participated in the training, sharing accumulated safety management experiences and examples to integrate into the operation of healing farms. The scope of safety management was expanded beyond the existing safety for farm operations to include visitor pathways, facility usage, and heat response.
Practical safety management methods were also provided to help farms identify and improve potential hazards on-site.
After the training, a 'Safety and Environmental Management Guide for Healing Farms' pamphlet was distributed for ongoing use by the farms.
The pamphlet includes inspection items for spaces such as agricultural machinery and tools, pathways, and indoor and outdoor experience areas, as well as safety management practices for each operational stage.
Moving forward, Muan County aims to systematize healing content utilizing specialized resources from each farm while enhancing safety management capabilities to create a healing agriculture environment where visitors can participate with peace of mind.
Park Si-rin, head of the Rural Support Division in Muan County, stated, “This meeting is significant as it allowed us to first hear the opinions of the farms and collaboratively determine the necessary direction for education and consulting. We will support the development of differentiated healing programs utilizing specialized resources from each farm, ensuring that the recognition that 'safety is the quality of healing' becomes established in the field.”
* This article has been translated by AI.
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