Gwangju City to Open Urban-Rural Win-Win Agricultural Products Direct Market from the 8th

Every Friday at the parking lot in front of Gwangju Bianong Cooperative

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 6th that it will open a new "Urban-Rural Win-Win Agricultural Products Direct Market," where agricultural producers and consumers meet directly, in the parking lot in front of Gwangju Bia Nonghyup on the 8th and operate it every Friday.

This direct market, prepared to promote the use of local agricultural products and activate direct transactions, is hosted by Gwangju City and the Nonghyup Gwangju Regional Headquarters, with participation from 15 local agricultural and livestock cooperatives.

The Friday market, which had been operated in front of the Suwan-dong Administrative Welfare Center from 2018 until last year, will be relocated this year to the front of Gwangju Bia Nonghyup in Suwan-dong for customer convenience. About 50 excellent agricultural products, including rice, fruits, vegetables, and specialty products produced and processed by local farms and agricultural cooperatives, will be supplied at prices 10-30% cheaper than market prices.

Gwangju City currently operates nine local food direct stores, including the Gwangju City Hall Local Food Direct Store, and two direct markets for agricultural products, including the Bia Nonghyup Agricultural Products Direct Market, to connect local agricultural producers and consumers.

While local food direct stores and agricultural products direct markets are similar in that they provide agricultural products produced by local farms, local food direct stores are operated regularly by Nonghyup staff at Nonghyup stores, whereas agricultural products direct markets operate on specific days such as Fridays, allowing producers to directly trade the agricultural products they produce with consumers temporarily.

Kim Hyun-jung, head of the Life Agriculture Division of the city, said, "We will continue to expand direct markets and local food direct stores where citizens can purchase fresh agricultural products produced locally at affordable prices in consultation with Nonghyup and others," and added, "We hope many citizens will use these facilities."

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