About
History
- 2026
Designated Suncheon City's first Hometown Enterprise (Feb)
Organic Processed Food certification renewed (Feb)
Patent granted: Korean-style soy sauce using whey and its production method, No. 10-2964669 (May)
New website launched (Oct)
- 2025
Agri-commerce-industry convergence SME status renewed (Jan)
Organic Processed Food certification renewed — organic cheonggukjang, rice-cake slices and sticks, five-colour rice-cake slices, glutinous rice flour (Feb)
In-house R&D department registered (Feb)
Certified by the Korean Intellectual Property Office as an excellent employee-invention compensation company (Mar)
HACCP for tofu and rice cakes extended (Apr)
Export shipments to Dallas (Jun) and Los Angeles (Sep), USA
Registered as a green-bio company (Dec)
- 2024
Organic Processed Food certification — rice cakes and glutinous rice flour (Jan)
Rural Education Farm quality certification, 4th term (2024–2026)
Cho Chun-sik becomes CEO (Mar)
Export shipment to Thailand (Bangkok area) (May)
"Chamhansol" trademark registered (May)
US FDA food facility registration; export shipment to New York; organic cheonggukjang added to organic certification (Aug)
Designated a G-SCNU strong regional company by Sunchon National University (Sep)
Top prize, processing and distribution category, Jeollanam-do Eco-friendly Agriculture Awards (Dec)
- 2022
HACCP certification for tofu (May)
- 2021
Rural Education Farm quality certification, 3rd term (2021–2023)
6th Industry (agri-food convergence) business certification renewed (Sep)
Commendation from the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Dec)
- 2018
Rural Education Farm quality certification, 2nd term (2018–2020)
- 2017
Presidential Commendation for contributions to agriculture and rural communities (Nov)
- 2016
First Namdo Mihyang certification (Jeollanam-do agri-food brand)
HACCP certification for rice cakes (Nov)
- 2015
Certified as a 6th Industry business by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (No. 2015-14-014)
First Suncheon Mayor's Quality Certification
Korea Rural Tourism Management Award, individual category — Chairman Cho Young-sik (Sep)
- 2014
Commendation from Suncheon Nonghyup for promoting local produce (Feb)
Commendation from the Governor of Jeollanam-do (Dec)
- 2013
Named an outstanding food-life experience space by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Nov)
Rural Education Farm quality certification (Dec; 1st term 2014–2016)
- 2012
Certified as an agri-commerce-industry convergence SME
Prime Minister's Commendation for agri-food quality and distribution (Jun)
- 2011
Launched the Alkong-dalkong subscription food box (Sep)
- 2010
Named one of Korea's 100 Star Farms by the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service (Nov)
- 2008
First Jeollanam-do Governor's quality certification
- 2007
First Korean Traditional Food Quality Certification — tofu and gochujang (Jan), doenjang (Jun)
- 2006
Award from the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (Nov)
- 2005
Partnership with Suncheon Nonghyup — processing Korean soybeans grown under contract
Began supplying eco-friendly school meals (Apr)
- 2004
Began supplying the Hanmaeum cooperative (May)
Began shifting focus from traditional jang to Korean soybeans — tofu, bean sprouts, cheonggukjang, soy milk
- 1996
After much trial and error, first successful batches of ganjang and doenjang, sold at traditional food fairs
- 1994
Hansol Agricultural Association Corp. founded on 14 March by five farm households, on a closed school site won at auction
First business: traditional jang — gochujang, doenjang and ganjang
- 1984
Founder Cho Young-sik begins mixed farming
Compiled from our certificates, commendations and company records.