Urban & Rural Exchange Cooperation Project
The BPW Korea Federation proposed to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry a project for urban and rural exchange and cooperation projects, and implemented various green rural experience programs for the years 2004, 2005 and 2007.
The BPW clubs across the country conducted a program to increase professional women’s awareness of agriculture and rural areas, and to facilitate professional women to visit rural areas to have field experiences between 2004 and 2007.
2004 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - Urban and Rural Exchange Cooperation Project
- Date : September 5 - October 2, 2004
- Green Farm Experience with Next Generation Women Leader
2005 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - Rural, consumer organizations, government exchange and cooperation projects
- Date : July 23 - September 27, 2005
- Green Farm Village Experience to Promote Next-Generation Women's Leaders
2007 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - Rural, consumer organizations, government exchange and cooperation projects
- Date : June 23 - October 28, 2007
- Green Farm Village Experience to Promote Next-Generation Women's Leaders
Major programs and experiences
Making tofu with domestic beans
Growing vegetables on an organic farm
Making traditional food (traditional miso, making red pepper paste, etc. )
Natural dyeing
Invited talks from organic producers and women's successors
Arranged programs to facilitate understanding of agriculture and rural areas correctly
etc.