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Busan Metropolitan City Agricultural Technology Center to Offer Two “Cook! Healthy Care Table with Busan Agricultural Products” Courses

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Busan Metropolitan City Agricultural Technology Center announced that it will offer the “Cook! Healthy Care Table with Busan Agricultural Products” program to help citizens build the skills needed to practice healthy eating habits using agricultural products from Busan and Blue Food, while raising awareness of future food resources and the value of agriculture in Busan.

The program consists of two courses tailored to different participants and purposes: “Healthy Care Table Made with Busan Agricultural Products and Blue Food,” designed to support dietary self-reliance among middle-aged and older men, and “Healthy Future Table with a Young Busan Farmer,” which gives elementary school students and their families an opportunity to experience future food resources.

Blue Food refers collectively to foods produced from aquatic products farmed or harvested in marine and freshwater environments.

The “Healthy Care Table Made with Busan Agricultural Products and Blue Food” course is a hands-on cooking program designed to help middle-aged and older men who are not accustomed to cooking prepare a healthy meal on their own using Busan agricultural products and locally sourced Blue Food, including Gijang seaweed and hijiki.

The course will be held in two sessions at the cooking practice room of the Agricultural Technology Center. Session 1 will run every Monday from September 7 to 21, and Session 2 from October 12 to 26, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. A total of 60 participants will take part, with 30 participants in each session.

The main curriculum includes how to use knives and cooking utensils, how to prepare and store ingredients, cooking methods that reduce salt while preserving flavor and nutrition, and how to put together a healthy meal that can be easily prepared by one person.

Eligible participants are male Busan residents interested in healthy eating and home cooking, with priority given to men aged 60 and older. Those wishing to participate may apply through the Busan Metropolitan City Integrated Reservation System from August 20 to 30.

The “Healthy Future Table with a Young Busan Farmer” course is a family experience program for the summer vacation period in which elementary school students and their guardians observe the growth process of edible insects and make cookies together.

The course will be held on August 22 and 23 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the cooking practice room of the Agricultural Technology Center. Fifteen families will participate in each session, for a total of 30 families and 60 participants. Each family must apply as a pair consisting of one adult guardian and one elementary school student.

Busan young farmer Jeong Mun-gyu, who participated in field practicum training for new farmers, will serve as the instructor. He will introduce families to his experience starting an edible-insect production business, the types and growth processes of edible insects, and their environmental and nutritional value as a future food resource in an age-appropriate manner. Participants will then make family cookies using edible-insect powder.

Families wishing to participate may apply through the Busan Metropolitan City Integrated Reservation System from August 10 to 18. The course content will be the same on August 22 and 23, and each family may apply for only one of the two dates.

Applications for both courses can be submitted through the Busan Metropolitan City Integrated Reservation System at https://reserve.busan.go.kr/lctre. If applications exceed capacity, participants will be selected through a fair random lottery.

For more information, visit the Busan Metropolitan City Agricultural Technology Center website at https://www.busan.go.kr/nongup and see the Education/Experience Application section, or contact the Human Resource Development Team at 051-970-3762.

Park Mi-jin, Director of the Busan Metropolitan City Agricultural Technology Center, said, “These courses connect Busan’s agricultural products and Blue Food with citizens’ healthy daily lives while giving families an opportunity to experience the potential of future food resources produced by young farmers. We hope they will encourage citizens to take greater care of their own diets and discover the diverse value of agriculture in Busan from a new perspective.”