Goheung-gun Agricultural Products Enter Gangdong-gu 'Singsing Dream' Store

Fresh local agricultural products from Goheung-gun such as dried seaweed, yuzu tea, and pomegranate debut at Singsing Dream store

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gangdong-gu (Mayor Lee Jeong-hoon) operates the eco-friendly agricultural products direct transaction store ‘Singsing Dream,’ where from September, agricultural products produced in Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do can be found.

Opened in 2013, Singsing Dream (922 Dongnam-ro) promotes the slogan ‘Gangsan Gangso,’ meaning produced in Gangdong, consumed in Gangdong, and strives to revitalize local food.

Additionally, Singsing Dream supplies and sells not only eco-friendly agricultural products produced locally but also agricultural products from local governments that have sisterhood ties with Gangdong-gu to diversify product items and promote urban-rural coexistence.

Starting this month, five items from the sisterhood region Goheung-gun ? dried seaweed, stir-fried seasoned laver, stone laver, citron tea, and pomegranate ? have been introduced and are being sold at the Singsing Dream store.

At Singsing Dream, agricultural products produced by farms are brought in every morning, undergo residual pesticide inspection, repackaging and packaging, and are displayed and sold in the store. It has an eco-friendly local food direct transaction system that connects producers and consumers directly without complicated intermediate distribution stages.

Especially, as interest in safe food increases, residents seeking fresh and affordable eco-friendly agricultural products visit continuously. Until last year, the cumulative number of users of Singsing Dream exceeded 327,000, and cumulative sales surpassed 2.2 billion won.

Singsing Dream, which supplies safe food to consumers and provides a stable sales channel for eco-friendly agricultural product producers, was also selected as an ‘Excellent Agricultural Products Direct Transaction Site of 2019’ certified by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Lee Jeong-hoon, Mayor of Gangdong-gu, stated, “This sale helps sisterhood farms struggling due to COVID-19 and provides residents with various eco-friendly agricultural products, creating a win-win effect for urban and rural areas. We will continue to do our best to supply sustainable safe food to residents.”

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