Cheongsong Apples Honored with Grand Prize at Korea Fruit Industry Expo

The family of Park Young-ho, a fruit farmer from Cheongsong County who won the Grand Prize in the apple category at the Korea Representative Fruit Selection Contest, is taking a commemorative photo after receiving the award.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gwiyeol] Park Young-ho (39 years old, Hyeonseo-myeon), a fruit farmer in Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongbuk, won the Grand Prize in the apple category at the ‘2022 Korea Fruit Industry Expo’ held at Daegu EXCO on December 2nd.

Now in its 12th year, the ‘2022 Korea Fruit Industry Expo’ was hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and organized by the Korea Fruit Farmers Cooperative Federation, taking place from the 2nd to the 4th at Daegu EXCO.

The Fruit Industry Expo is a festival where fruit farmers, consumers, related organizations and groups, and distribution stakeholders come together.

Park Young-ho, who won the grand prize, manages a 1-hectare orchard in Hyeonseo-myeon, Cheongsong-gun, producing 5.4 tons of apples annually and earning an income of 100 million won.

In his acceptance speech, he said, “I am very pleased to continue the reputation of Cheongsong apples, which have won the Korea Representative Brand Grand Prize for 10 consecutive years, by receiving this grand prize, and I will do my best to produce the highest quality Cheongsong apples in the future.”

County Governor Yoon Kyung-hee said, “I sincerely congratulate him on winning the grand prize, and the administration will do its best to ensure that Cheongsong apples lead the development of a sustainable future apple industry and continue to hold the honor of being Korea’s best apples.”

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