Ulleung-gun, Evaluation Meeting for Processed Products Using Local Specialty Crops

Ulleung-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, held a product evaluation meeting for processed products utilizing local specialty crops on the 21st at the Agricultural Technology Center.

About 40 people attended the event, including trainees from the Ulleung-gun Agricultural Product Processing Academy, Slow Food members, agricultural organization members, and representatives of local processing companies.

The county introduced the development process, tasting, sampling, and evaluation of processed products researched and developed using local specialties, such as Aronia wine, pumpkin wine, Aronia fermented liquor, specialty powder products, and frozen dumplings made with Bujikkaengi, while also gathering various opinions on commercialization.

Namhangwon Ulleung County Governor (right) is attending the processed products evaluation meeting and listening to explanations about the products.

Following this, they introduced a compressed meal kit product made from dried wild vegetables developed by the Gyeongbuk Agricultural Research and Extension Services, and presented an excellent case of Ulleungdo Island Ssukbujaengi enzyme products, developed as a research project by the Rural Development Administration and Gyeongbuk Agricultural Research and Extension Services using Bujikkaengi as raw material, which have been modified and sold by private companies.

This evaluation meeting was planned to improve the conditions of Ulleung-gun, which possesses abundant excellent specialty resources but lacks diversity in processed products, by developing and promoting processed products with high added value and various functionalities, and gradually transferring the technology to the private sector to establish a solid foundation.

Nam Han-kwon, the mayor of Ulleung-gun, said, “We hope that the research and development of various processed products using Ulleungdo’s unique specialty crops will lead to processing startups, thereby strengthening agricultural competitiveness and revitalizing the local economy.”