Seoul City Supports 'Good Food Packages' for MZ Generation Single-Person Households in Collaboration with CJ CheilJedang and Youth Centers

CJ CheilJedang Builds Public-Private Partnership Through Food Donations and Sharing Practices at Youth Center Eunpyeong Orang

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 25th that it will carry out the ‘Good Food Support’ project for a total of 300 young single-person households over six sessions from the 29th until the end of December to support food access and strengthen dietary capabilities for young single-person households.

This project is supported through a public-private partnership system established by Seoul City, CJ CheilJedang, and the Youth Center Eunpyeong Orang. The ‘Good Food Package’ consists of processed foods such as Hetbahn, fried rice, and tteokgalbi donated by CJ CheilJedang, as well as seasonal imperfect agricultural products from local traditional markets purchased with designated donations, repurposed into a food package.

‘Food ingredient repurposing (Good Food)’ actively utilizes ingredients that have no issues with taste or nutrition but may differ slightly in weight, are close to their delivery deadline in distribution channels, or have surface blemishes or unusual shapes that reduce their commercial value, while maintaining the same nutrients and taste. Youth Center Eunpyeong Orang conducts package support and food communication programs, and CJ CheilJedang installs and operates a ‘Sharing Refrigerator.’ Additionally, surplus food donated and supported is shared with local residents and others through the sharing refrigerator.

Seoul City plans to expand this project as a leading food support model that recognizes and resolves food issues for single-person households in local communities, promoting value-based food consumption and improving citizens’ awareness of food resource circulation.

Seoul City will hold the ‘Seoul Food Culture Festival’ for sustainable food practices in the metaverse from the 25th to the 29th, during which a talk show titled ‘Good Food Stories of Young Single-Person Households’ will also be held. Detailed information on each program can be found on the Seoul City website and the Seoul Food Safety website.

Park Yumi, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Citizen Health Bureau, said, “We hope that the ‘Single-Person Household Food Support Project,’ which involves food donation, sharing, and dietary capability enhancement education through food ingredient repurposing, will spread the practice of value-based food consumption,” and added, “We ask for much interest and cooperation from the local community in food support projects for food-vulnerable groups.”

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