Jinju City and Jinju Office of Education Sign Agreement to Expand Supply of Local Agricultural and Food Products for School Meals

Establishing and Operating the Food Integration Support Center

Enhancing Meal Quality in Connection with Local Agriculture

Gyeongnam Jinju City and Jinju Office of Education have signed a business agreement to expand the supply of excellent agricultural and food products.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City in Gyeongnam signed a business agreement with the Jinju Office of Education on the 23rd at the City Hall Entrepreneurs' Room to expand the supply of excellent agricultural and food products produced locally for school meals.

At the signing ceremony, Mayor Jo Gyu-il and Jinju Office of Education Superintendent Lee Oe-sook attended. Both organizations agreed to mutually cooperate to improve the quality of school meals and establish a local food circulation system by expanding the supply of excellent ingredients produced locally through the construction and operation of the Jinju Food Integrated Support Center.

They also decided to discover and promote cooperative projects linking local agriculture and education through locally produced food.

Prior to this agreement, on the 15th, the two organizations held an explanatory meeting on the construction and operation of the Jinju Food Integrated Support Center to expand the supply of local agricultural and food products for school meals, targeting 95 public kindergarten principals, elementary, middle, high, and special school principals, administrative office managers, nutrition teachers, and other related personnel in the district.

Mayor Jo said, “Through the construction and operation of the Jinju Food Integrated Support Center, we will strive to secure future competitiveness by expanding the supply of safe and excellent agricultural products and ingredients produced locally for school meals, establishing a quality-centered and responsible meal system linked to local agriculture and education.”

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