Hampyeong-gun's 'Eco-friendly Agricultural Products Package' Sales Booming

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Hampyeong County, Jeonnam (County Governor Lee Sang-ik) announced on the 26th that it conducted a special sale of 'Eco-friendly Agricultural Product Packages' exclusively for county officials to support local farms hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The event, held in cooperation with the Hampyeong Local Food Agricultural Cooperative Corporation, saw the participation of about 250 public officials from Hampyeong County Office.

The Hampyeong Local Food Agricultural Cooperative Corporation prepared two types of packages: vegetable packages including onions, mushrooms, and lettuce directly produced by 83 affiliated farms, and vegetable-meat packages including pork, generating total sales of 6 million won.

In particular, all packages included promotional tomatoes and Hampyeong rice as additional gifts, and were sold at prices more than 20% cheaper than the market price, resulting in great success.

A county official stated, “The packages were produced and sold to share the burden of eco-friendly agricultural product producers,” adding, “As COVID-19 shows a prolonged trend, we will do our best to prepare various measures to promote the consumption of agricultural, livestock, and fishery products.”

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