Jangseong-gun Opens 'Local Food Direct Store' at Samgye Hanaro Mart

[Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jo Hangyu] Jeonnam Jangseong-gun (Governor Yoo Doo-seok) announced on the 12th that it has opened a ‘Local Food Direct Store’ at Samgye Hanaro Mart.

The county expects this to provide stable sales channels for local farmers and an opportunity for consumers to access fresh agricultural products from Jangseong.

The local food direct store is a distribution facility where agricultural products produced locally are directly traded between farmers and consumers, eliminating intermediate distribution processes, allowing the purchase of high-quality agricultural products at reasonable prices.

The ‘Nonghyup Jangseong-gun Local Food Direct Store’ in Nam-myeon, opened in 2017 as the first in the Jangseong area, recorded sales of 12.5 billion KRW last year alone and is gaining popularity.

The county is currently adding another Jangseong Local Food Direct Store in the Gwangju area around Oryong-dong.

The newly established direct store is located within Samgye Hanaro Mart on a small scale (20 pyeong), where 46 farmers who have completed local food shipper training sell about 50 items of agricultural products such as leafy vegetables, peppers, and corn at the sales corner inside the store.

The production and shipment management of agricultural products are supported by the Jangseong Food Project Group.

The Jangseong Food Project Group is an intermediate executing organization implementing the ‘Jangseong Food Plan’ (a project to establish a food production, consumption, and distribution system) and preparing to build an integrated food support center.

Governor Yoo Doo-seok said, “Thanks to Nonghyup’s active efforts to improve the income of local farmers, the Samgye Hanaro Mart Local Food Direct Store was able to open,” adding, “We expect solid operation and the county will spare no support to create a wealthy farming village where farmers can live well without worrying about sales channels.”

Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jo Hangyu chg6001@asiae.co.kr

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