Jangseong County Governor Kim Han-jong Visits Advanced Sites in Cheongyang County, Wanju County, and Gimje City

Published 01 May.2023 15:23(KST)

Kim Han-jong, the governor of Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, continued his busy efforts to foster first-class agriculture.

According to the county on the 1st, Kim Han-jong, council member Seo Chun-gyeong of Jangseong County Council, representatives from the Jangseong Food Integration Support Center Foundation, and about 20 county officials visited advanced sites in Cheongyang-gun, Wanju-gun, and Gimje-si on the 25th of last month.

The purpose of this visit was to prepare for the operation of the Public Meal Support Center, the expansion of the farmers' restaurant on the second floor of the Jangseong Local Food Direct Store, and the regional specialized rental-type smart farm contest project to foster young farmers.

More than 20 people, including Kim Han-jong, Jangseong County Governor, visited advanced agricultural sites in Cheongyang County, Wanju County, and Gimje City on the 25th.
[Photo by Jangseong County]

The county is currently constructing a Public Meal Support Center responsible for distributing local agricultural products to school meals and welfare meals. This center is a core facility of the food plan and is scheduled to be completed in July.

On the second floor of the Jangseong Local Food Direct Store, a farmers' restaurant and a youth community space will be created. The project period is until the end of this year, and the detailed design service is currently underway.

At the first inspection site, Kim Han-jong and officials visited the Cheongyang Food Comprehensive Town and met with Kim Don-gon, governor of Cheongyang-gun, to have an in-depth discussion about the promotion of the food plan.

The food plan is a comprehensive plan to establish a virtuous cycle system throughout the entire process of food production, distribution, and consumption.

The county then visited the Cheongyang Public Meal Support Center and Agricultural Product Processing Center to review the facility operation status.

The next destination was the Wanju Social Goods Innovation Park. Operated by social economy organizations, the Social Goods Innovation Park repurposes a closed school building as a hub for community collaboration, sharing, and innovation.

To share cases of local food system establishment, they also toured the Samrak Local Market and farmers' restaurant.

In Gimje-si, they inspected the Smart Farm Innovation Valley. The Youth Startup Incubation Center, which operates a specialized smart farm education program, and the rental-type smart farm facilities attracted the attention of county officials.

Gimje-si is promoting a support project that rents smart farms to prospective young farmers for three years to reduce initial investment burdens.

Jangseong-gun is also preparing a regional specialized rental-type smart farm contest project, making this field visit very helpful.

Governor Kim Han-jong said, “Based on what we saw and learned at advanced sites, we plan to lay the foundation for project promotion,” adding, “Through effective support to secure farmers' income and settle young farmers, we will create a competitive county that leads future agriculture.”