Desa Beji salah satu desa di Kota Batu yang terkenal dengan pengrajin tempe. Desa ini menjadi kampung terbesar tempe kedua di Malang raya setelah Sanan. Tempe merupakan salah satu warisan budaya tak benda yang diajukan ke UNESCO. Keunggulan ini kurang ditonjolkan sehingga perlu dilakukan pendampingan serta pengembangan di desa Beji yang potensinya di kota Batu sangat menjanjikan. Batu yang kerap dengan kota wisata menjadi pusat para wisatawan baik domestic maupun mancanegara. Sehingga dengan menggali potensi di Beji maka dapat mengenalkan bagaimana desa ini berkembang menjadi pusat wisata edukasi tempe. Metode pengabdian dilakukan melalui transfer keilmuan ke masyarakat dan pengrajin tempe, khususnya kelompok wanita Tani Asri, dikemas dalam penyampaian materi secara klasikal, workshop dan praktik pengenalan wisata edukasi tempe, pendampingan entrepreneur dan evaluasi. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini memiliki beberapa tahapan dimulai dari identifikasi permasalahan mitra perlunya edukasi pentingnya wisata tempe bagi Desa dan pembekalan transfer keilmuan tentang tempe. Hal ini terlihat dari hasil survei terhadap pentingnya wisata edukasi di desa ini yang menunjukkan 90%, pendampingan dari hasil entrepreneur 85%, promo diadakanya Festival Beji Kampung Tempe 97%, sehingga didapatkan hasil kepuasan keseluruhan sebesar 87%.

Tempeh is one of Indonesia's traditional foods. Currently proposed to be a world cultural heritage in UNESCO. Tempeh cannot last long, so it takes innovation to increase the economic value of tempeh itself. The main objective of this empowerment program is to optimize the potential of "UKM" (Small and Medium Industries) in the food sector for tempeh craftsmen and reduce the losses of tempeh craftsmen for those whose tempeh is not sold. The target partner of this community assistance program is the "UKM" group Tempeh Village in Beji Village, Junrejo, Batu City who has been economically productive as Tempeh craftsmen. The method used is Asset Based Communities Development (ABCD), where the community service focuses on assets owned by the community as the main basis for program development. The efforts carried out help SMEs deliver material on the nutritional value of 2 nd generation tempeh, workshops and 2 nd generation tempe making practices, entrepreneur assistance and evaluation. This innovation is expected to be a solution to the unsold tempeh problem. This assistance was carried out for 3 months. The output of this empowerment activity is in the form of material modules, 2 nd generation tempeh products, understanding of the nutritional value concept of second generation tempeh and digital marketing media plans.

Beji Village, Junrejo Sub-District of Batu City has been known as “Kampung Tempe” as most of the people produce tempe. Active participation from universities is definitely important to assist the production of “tempe” in Beji village. This assistance program is aimed to enhance the production of “ tempe”  to optimize the production yield, time-efficiency and hygiene which also generate adequate profits. The target subjects of this social assistance program was the group of SMSE “tempe” active businessmen in “Kampung Tempe”. The program included assistance in producing “Tempe” using Glucono Delta-Lactone method. This technology was expected to be the solution to address problems related to inconsistent quality due to the use of traditional method without reducing the taste and quality. This program was administered as a training program which included advisory, demonstration and independent assistance. The results of this research showed that the program successfully improved subjects’ knowledge on the use of more efficient method which produced “tempe” with better quality within shorter time, making the cash flow more efficient