Naju City Promotes 'Eco-Friendly Agricultural Products Purchase Campaign' to Overcome COVID-19 Crisis

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Han-hyuk] Naju City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Kang In-gyu) announced on the 6th that it will promote the ‘2nd Organic Agricultural Products Purchase Campaign’ to support farms supplying school meal ingredients as the opening of elementary, middle, and high schools has been postponed again due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

The city plans to expand the agricultural product package purchase campaign, which was previously limited to all city hall employees and executives and staff of related and public institutions, to all citizens throughout this month to share the difficulties faced by farms.

The agricultural product packages consist of seven high-quality organic certified items including bell peppers, young napa cabbage, zucchini, chives, green onions, organic eggs, and cherry tomatoes, sold at 20,000 KRW per box (3~4 kg).

To apply, customers must prepay via bank transfer by every Friday for smooth ordering and delivery, then place orders by phone with the Food Planning Division.

City hall employees and executives and staff of related and public institutions should continue to place collective orders by department by every Friday as before.

The agricultural product packages can be picked up at the city hall main gate between 4 PM and 5 PM on the Wednesday following the application date using a COVID-19 prevention ‘drive-through’ method.

Mayor Kang In-gyu said, “I thank the citizens, executives and staff of related and public institutions, and city officials who have participated in consuming agricultural products and shared the pain of farmers facing the risk of having to dispose of carefully cultivated crops. The spirit of a community living together will be the driving force to wisely overcome the emergency phase of COVID-19.”

For inquiries about the organic agricultural product packages, please refer to the announcements on the city hall website.

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