Natural Sea Salt & Glasswort Producer with 60 years old tradition

Since 1953 / Taepyung Salt Farm the Natural Sea Salt from the tidal flats

60 years of well-paced, proud history of Taepyung Salt Farm

In a rapidly changing modern society, Taepyung Salt has been working to preserve Jeungdo Island as the ecological space for symbiotic existence with the nature based on the spirit of downshifting, healing, the nature that we learned from the Natural Sea Salt. Jeungdo Island in Shinan of South Jeolla Province is a clean ecological area that achieved the first ecological grand slam in Asia as the first Slow City, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and Ramsar wetlands designation.

水 Sea Sea of life, Clean sea water of the pure Aegean Sea

Any person is born from salt water. The amniotic fluid in the mother’s belly where her baby grows is similar to that of seawater. Put simply, baby’s health depends on the salt water. Saltwater from the Taepyeong Salt Farm in Shinan is considered the nation’s best clean nutrient water containing a lot of minerals beneficial to the human body.

風 Wind Jeungdo consisting of two islands reincarnated into a space of wind

In 1953, Taepyung Salt Farm was created at the center of the uncontaminated Jeungdo Island by blocking the front Jeungdo and rear Jeungdo area as the refugee settlement policy and the way to promote salt production at the end of the Korean War. The strong sea breeze which was blowing between the two islands has become a crucial factor for the life of the salt farm.

火 Sun days of slow but warm time

In Taepyung Salt Farm, no building should have more than three stories according to the Slow City policy, which makes it sun-friendly. With the abundant and proper sunshine from the rias coastal climate, warm sunshine lasting for 20 to 25 days evaporates the clean sea water to increase the concentration of the salt water, resulting in the production of high quality Natural Sea Salt in Korea.

地 Tidal flat The tidal flats of Jeungdo Island, the land that is alive with the mystery of life

The tidal flats of Jeungdo Island are one of the world’s 5 largest tidal flats and are a valuable resource of Korea, accouting for only 0.3% of the global ecosystem. Tidal flats contain many life forms. The tidal flats in Jeungdo Island across the Taepyung Salt Farm designated as Ramsar wetlands are where numerous marine organisms and microorganisms cause decomposition of organic matter, bringing clean seawater and minerals to us.

人 Human In the history of Taepyung Salt Farm, there are a number of salt makers who spent their whole life with salt.

Salt reminds of the mindset of the salt makers to harvest only the quality salt, rather than producing large quantities, even if they produce only a handful. The Natural Sea Salt harvested from the Taepyung Salt Farm is considered premium because of these salt makers who genuinely cherish the sympathy with the nature by befriending with the sea wind and the sun.

金 Salt The best possible gift from the nature – Tidal Flat Natural Sea Salt

With the right kind of harmony between the wind (風), tidal flat (地), sea (水), and the sun (火), Taepyung Salt Farm offers the optimal environment to produce high quality Natural Sea Salt. Tidal Flat Natural Sea Salt produced in Taepyung Salt Farm is a rare gem accounting for only 0.1% of the entire salt consumed in the world, thus, considered a premium salt.