'Baro Market' Opens at Jara Island in Gapyeong, Fifth Location Nationwide

(Gapyeong=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Do-yoon = Gapyeong County announced on the 23rd that it will open the 'Baro Market', a direct agricultural product trading market, on Jarasum Middle Island and operate it during the Spring Flower Festa.

Baro Market is a county-level direct trading market supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and managed by the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, and the Gapyeong location is the fifth, following locations in Gwacheon Racecourse Park, Seoul Seoro Market & Farmers' Market, Gongju Baekje Geumgang, and Gyeongsangbuk-do.

Gapyeong County plans to entrust the operation of Baro Market to the Facility Management Corporation and operate it for more than 50 days annually, coinciding with major festivals such as the Jarasum Flower Festa and Jazz Festival.

Approximately 100 types of seasonal agricultural products, forest products, livestock products, and processed foods produced in Gapyeong will be sold here, with farmers from other regions such as Namyangju, Yangpyeong, Gangwon Chuncheon, South Chungcheong Hongseong, and South Jeolla Yeosu also participating.

Meanwhile, the Jarasum Spring Flower Festa will be held from the 24th until the 15th of next month, where visitors can enjoy various flowers such as poppies, canola, petunias, sky-gazing flowers, and cornflowers in the 110,000㎡ garden.