Gokseong-gun Resumes Village Communal Meals During Busy Farming Season

Hygiene Training Conducted for Village Community Meal Cooks and Others

[Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jongseon] Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that on the 9th, it held a 2022 Farming Season Village Communal Meal Support Project Implementation Guidelines Briefing and Hygiene Education at the Daetongmaru of the county office.

This education was part of the preliminary preparations to resume the village communal meal project, which had not been implemented due to COVID-19, in line with the recovery phase of daily life and the full-scale farming season.

About 200 people, including village communal meal cooks and side dish delivery companies, attended and were guided on essential matters for hygienic and safe communal meals.

Through the education, Gokseong-gun emphasized the three major rules for preventing food poisoning: washing hands, eating cooked food, and eating boiled food.

Additionally, to improve food culture, they urged practicing serving oneself less and strictly adhering to personal hygiene management rules for cooks.

Furthermore, they requested efforts to ensure that not a single hygiene accident occurs during the promotion of village communal meals and side dish delivery projects.

The village communal meal support project aims to reduce the household burden of female farmers during the busy farming season so that they can focus on farming.

Ultimately, it aims to improve agricultural productivity and the quality of life of farmers.

The support targets villages with high demand for farming work that have cooking facilities and can provide communal meals for 20 or more people.

Selected villages are supported with up to 2.2 million KRW for cook labor costs and food expenses to flexibly conduct communal meals within 25 days.

If communal meals are difficult, the project also operates by supplying side dishes from side dish businesses and delivering them.

Currently, Gokseong-gun supports village communal meals in 123 villages across 11 towns and townships.

Among them, 70 locations conduct communal meals at designated places, and 53 operate through side dish delivery.

A county official said, “Village communal meals are a specialized service to address labor shortages in rural areas due to aging and feminization. Since it has high resident response and great effect in fostering community culture, we plan to continue supporting it.”

Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jongseon cha6960@asiae.co.kr

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