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Seoul City Aims to Nurture 1 mln Urban Farmers by 2024

SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Friday unveiled an ambitious plan to nurture 1 million farmers over the next four years in the densely populated capital of 10 million. The city plans to invest 251.4 billion won (US$216.1 million) until 2024 to expand patches of land for farming, teach farming [...]

Urban Mushroom Farms Expanding in Gwangju

GWANGJU, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Social agricultural space utilizing underground space of public housing is expected to continue to grow in popularity. According to Gwangju’s Gwangsan District on Wednesday, the district will expand an underground mushroom farm in public housing that opened in December last year. The district has secured an additional 56 square [...]