Where Did the Rice on the Dining Table Come From? ... Busan Citizen Park Donation Forest Rice Paddy Transplanting Experience

Busan Facilities Corporation and the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Busan Regional Headquarters held a hand rice planting experience event on the morning of the 1st at the donation forest rice paddy in Busan Citizens Park to mark the beginning of the rice planting season.

The rice planting experience event allows city residents to directly experience hand rice planting to appreciate farmers and the importance of agriculture, understanding the process of how rice goes from the field to the dining table. This event, now in its third year, was organized through cooperation between the Corporation and the Agricultural Cooperative.

The experience site provided children with the opportunity to try hand rice planting and explained the planting methods and the growth process of rice, helping them understand how rice grows and becomes food, serving as a field education site to raise awareness of the importance of agriculture.

Acting Director Park In-ho (third from the right) of the Corporation and Park Hyun-du, Director of the Citizen's Park (first from the right), are experiencing rice planting in the field with local residents and kindergarten children.

Park In-ho, Acting Director of the Corporation, said, “After the rice planting experience event, a harvest experience event using traditional farming tools to cut and thresh rice in the traditional way will be held this fall,” and added, “We ask for the continued interest and support of citizens in agriculture.”

The event was attended by about 100 people, including Park In-ho, Acting Director of the Corporation, Park Jeong-woong, Head of the Happiness and Welfare Headquarters, Corporation officials, local kindergarten children, and residents.