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Bae Gwi-sook, Head of the Agricultural and Animal Policy Division of Gwangju Metropolitan City, stated, "Urban agriculture is a venue for practicing carbon neutrality in response to the climate crisis, and a precious pathway to reconnect severed communication among neighbors and restore a sense of community. I hope that neighbors who received the box gardens will gain the joy of harvesting and warm comfort in their daily lives through the vitality of green plants." Gwangju Metropolitan City announced that it held a meaningful share event to spread environmental protection messages through urban agriculture and present healing time to vulnerable social classes standing in need of community help.
The city recently delivered 150 lettuce box gardens grown directly by 'Climate Farmers' at the Urban Kitchen Garden in Yuchon-dong, Seo-gu, to socially disadvantaged groups, including the disabled and senior citizens living alone, through welfare centers and senior welfare centers in five autonomous Gus. The box gardens shared this time are the fruits grown directly by citizens who participated in the 'Climate Farmer School,' which Gwangju City is driving as part of its project to vitalize urban agriculture. It was designed to help neighbors experiencing loneliness or mobility difficulties cultivate plants at home to gain daily vitality and psychological healing.
The responses of senior citizens who received the kitchen gardens were enthusiastic. Grandmother Jae-seon Jeong in Nongseong-dong, Seo-gu, shared her thoughts, saying, "I am happy to pick and eat fresh lettuce right at home, and watching it grow is highly entertaining." Grandmother Soon-ae Song of the Seo-gu Senior Welfare Center, who had difficulties in outdoor activities due to uncomfortable legs, expressed her gratitude, saying, "It feels like a small green garden has been created in the house, so just looking at it brings comfort." The 'Climate Farmer School,' which Gwangju City is operating in cooperation with the Gwangju Branch of the Korea Horticultural Therapy and Welfare Association, runs every other Saturday until December. Gwangju City plans to continuously hold events to promote the value of urban agriculture, including climate crisis response seminars and a 'Harvest Sharing Farm Party' to share directly grown crops with the local community.
The local government's attempt to break away from simple one-off daily necessity supply methods and link the results of environmental education programs participated in by citizens into horticultural therapy content for the emotional healing of vulnerable classes is evaluated as a highly clever and warm administrative attempt. At a time when social problems such as lonely deaths emerge due to aging populations and single-person households, blowing visual vitality into the residential spaces of vulnerable groups through box gardens and inducing spontaneous hobbies carries meaning in diversifying welfare delivery frameworks.
However, critics point out that for this small-scale temporary event of distributing 150 box gardens to avoid ending up as exhibition-oriented 'horticultural welfare,' a 'follow-up helper system (post-care)' that helps vulnerable households continuously manage their gardens must be accompanied. In the case of senior citizens living alone or severely disabled persons with limited mobility, it is difficult to change the soil of the box gardens, water them regularly, or manage pests alone, meaning that poorly managed gardens risk turning into neglected trash inside the house. Gwangju City should not be satisfied with the one-dimensional administration of distributing goods; it must establish a monitoring framework that designates graduates of the Climate Farmer School or local volunteers as 'Urban Agriculture Masters' to visit beneficiary households regularly. Furthermore, only when post-administration focused on infrastructure advancement—such as distributing smart mini-gardens for indoor cultivation capable of surviving sub-zero winter temperatures—is supported will it be able to settle the two values of carbon neutrality and welfare community restoration for the long term.
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