Sejong City "Expanding Supply of Local Agricultural Products to School Meals"

Sejong City is expanding the supply of local agricultural products for school meals.

On the 13th, Sejong City announced that it signed an "Agreement to Expand the Supply of Free School Meals with Sejong Products" at the Sejong Public Meal Support Center with members of the Sejong City Council, representative producers of various agricultural products, and the representative of the Sejong Rice Cooperative Joint Business Corporation.

The agreement was made to increase the income of farmers by expanding the supply of local agricultural products for school meals and to promote regional coexistence.

Earlier, Sejong City secured an additional budget of 4.3 billion KRW last month to support Sejong-grown agricultural products. This support budget was allocated separately from the meal budgets shared by Sejong City and the Sejong City Office of Education.

Using the support budget, Sejong City plans to directly purchase ingredients from producers and supply them to schools at all levels starting this year.

This is the first step in establishing a contract farming system with farmers, and Sejong City emphasizes its significance in guaranteeing fair prices for local farmers who previously had difficulty finding sales channels other than the Singsing Market for their locally produced agricultural products.

Additionally, schools are expected to be able to include higher-quality ingredients in their menus due to the additional support for agricultural products.

Mayor Choi Min-ho of Sejong City stated, “We will spare no support in using excellent agricultural products produced by local farmers in school meals,” and added, “We will ensure that the 4.3 billion KRW secured through the supplementary budget is connected to the actual income of local farmers.”

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