"A national strategy must be established for regions suffering from food desertification"

The phenomenon of "food desertification" is intensifying in regions due to aging populations and the decline of local areas, making it difficult to obtain fresh food locally. In response, a movement has emerged in the National Assembly to establish a national strategy for regions with vulnerable food access. Member of the National Assembly and Representative of the Democratic Party of Korea, So Byeong-hoon (Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi Province), announced on the 26th that he has co-submitted a revision proposal for the "National Nutrition Management Act" and the "Basic Act on Agriculture and Food" (Food Desertification Prevention Act). According to the "2020 Comprehensive Survey of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries," among the 37,563 administrative villages in the country, 73.5% of them do not have any stores where food can be purchased. Particularly, some areas such as rural and mountainous regions are in a "double blind spot" where even online delivery services like early morning ...