The JBNU Agricultural Start-up Specialization Project Group, led by Director Hwang In-ho, incubated the ONE-YEAH (Horticulture) Cooperative as an incubating model. On the 3rd, the cooperative donated kimjang vegetables they had grown themselves to neighbors in need ahead of the kimchi-making season.

The ONE-YEAH (Horticulture) Cooperative was established by the JBNU Agricultural Start-up Specialization Project Group as an incubating model for agricultural start-up clubs. It aims to strengthen practical skills and create jobs through cultivation, processing, sales, and promotion of horticultural crops. Currently, it operates three crop teams—'피그피그', '정직한 배추', and '붉은 치마 민초단'—as fruit and vegetable production units. They cultivate figs; cabbage and radish; and leafy vegetables and tomatoes, respectively.

The '정직한 배추' crop team has been cultivating cabbage and radish using eco-friendly methods since last September. They delivered cabbage and radish to local nursing homes and to restaurants affected by COVID-19 at harvest time.

Jo Woo-seok, the crop team leader who organized this donation event, said, 'After donating cabbage we grew ourselves to a local nursing home last year and having had a positive experience, I wanted to donate healthy produce again this year if given the chance. I hope the produce we have lovingly grown will offer warm comfort during these difficult times caused by COVID-19. Next year, I would like to donate a wider variety of crops to more places.'

Lee Jun-gu, deputy director of the Agricultural Start-up Specialization Project Group, who has been guiding the club's activities for four years since 2018, said, 'The "정직한 배추" team plans and carries out all steps themselves—from sowing and transplanting to cultivation, management and harvesting—of the kimjang vegetables, cabbage and radish. Through annual activities in which students select, cultivate and harvest crops they are interested in, they are steadily moving closer to their dreams of becoming young farmers. I ask for continued interest and support for these students.'

Meanwhile, the JBNU Agricultural Start-up Specialization Project Group is an educational program of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Agency of Education, Promotion and Information for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries that selects students who aim for employment or entrepreneurship in the livestock and horticulture sectors and provides them with specialized coursework and extracurricular programs covering professional theory and field practice. Five universities nationwide participate in the program, and JBNU has been operating it for six years.