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Yogyakarta village eyes ecotourism with organic vegetables
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A total of 130 families have taken part in the organic vegetable pathways program and Tompeyan village itself is ready to welcome school or office field trips. (Pesona Indonesia/File)
Tompeyan village is one of the 32 villages in Yogyakarta that champion for ecotourism through vegetables.
The village is located in Tegalrejo administrative village and district, Yogyakarta and is close to Diponegoro Museum/Monument and the legendary Soto Pak Soleh restaurant.
In this village a team called Yogyakarta Urban Vegetable Farmers (SPUR Kota) was established with the aim to “make Yogyakarta healthy with vegetables,” said the association’s head, Susilowati.
The association has a program called organic vegetable pathways implemented along the village’s streets.
“This was previously a dumpster area and we’ve turned it into a Toga [family medicinal plants] Park. It currently hosts 154 types of plants,” said the head of PKK RW 03 Tompeyan, Sri Suwarni Budi.
Near the park is a playground where children can play and adults can enjoy local snacks such as boiled peanuts, pisang godong and red spinach chips.
“We are currently growing tin tea leaves; several houses have already planted them,” added RW 03 Tompeyean vegetable farmers group head, Eko Yulianto.
A total of 130 families have taken part in the organic vegetable pathways program and Tompeyan village itself is ready to welcome school or office field trips.
Visitors will be welcomed by a banner placed at the entrance gate of the village that says “Welcome to Toga and Vegetables Village.” They then get to walk along the organic vegetable pathways and even have the opportunity to harvest vegetables such as tomato and okra plants. Before going home, the visitors will be given vegetable seeds to be planted in their own house.
Yogyakarta Deputy Mayor Heroe Purwadi said vegetable villages are currently on the rise in Yogyakarta, “We are trying to turn Yogyakarta into a green and productive city through vegetable villages,” he said. (kes)
