Damyang-gun Invests 170 Million KRW to Boost School and Public Meal Supply to Seoul

Ensuring Stable Supply of Public Meal Agricultural Products through Safety Inspections and Logistics Cost Support

[Damyang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] On the 11th, Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it will support the stable supply of Damyang-produced agricultural products for public meals supplied to 15 autonomous districts including Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, with a budget of 170 million won.

The support includes 130 million won for logistics costs of Seoul public meal supply and 40 million won for safety inspections of agricultural products such as residual pesticides and GMO qualitative tests on delivered ingredients.

This project is promoted to reduce the logistics cost burden on suppliers caused by long transportation distances and to ensure the reliability of Damyang agricultural products for stable supply.

According to the county, Damyang Nonghyup, the supplier, achieved sales of 5.8 billion won last year through supply contracts with 368 eco-friendly agricultural producers, 13 farming groups, and 143 producer organizations, by participating in Seoul’s urban-rural win-win public meal supply, maternity package, and GMO-safe school meal supply projects.

Also, the county completed the public meal supply center last year, establishing a planned production system for eco-friendly agricultural products, which is expected to serve as a non-GMO logistics hub throughout Jeollanam-do and contribute to expanding the supply of Damyang agricultural products to eco-friendly public meal supplies in major cities including Seoul.

Kim Namsong, head of the Eco-friendly Distribution Division, said, “Through this support project, we expect to expand the supply of healthy and trustworthy eco-friendly agricultural products and secure stable sales channels for local farmers.”

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