Blog #2 Hug a Farmer

It was quite difficult to find a farm which is managed in winter, so I investigated a Tangerine orchard in Jeju Island of South Korea. Basically, I emailed her who is an owner of Tangerine orchard, I asked that about her story, after that she replied me very kindly.


Okay!! let me introduce her farm.


She is the owner of Tangerine orchard in Jeju Island of South Korea. She moved to the island 7 years ago.

She was a typical city girl so she used to live in Seoul. Besides she studied physical science in Ehwa Women's University, she was a teacher of elementary school for 5 years.
However, one day she had feeling of doubt for living in the city. Everything was so fast, complicated, and stressed. She studied about Jeju island for 2 years, and eventually she decided to move to the island with her family. Jeju Island's weather is warmer than other Korea regions relatively. Moreover, the atmosphere is peaceful, the sea is clean, and people are very nice.

She started to cultivate the Tangerine, but there were lots of failures for the first time. However, her family didn't give up, and  just have kept it up until succeeded.  Finally, she made it to cultivate the Tangerine. So she is selling the Tangerine to people successfully, and they also love it as well. There are two her philosophies, which are that one is " All crops have their own characteristics", and the other one is "Don't be greedy for selling more Tangerines". Because tangerine's sugar and acidity are the most important parts, it is better to cultivate carefully one by one. Now she is very happy to live in Jeju island with her family, and she is studying about other more crops.