Arihyang strawberries of Hongseong, South Korea gets rush orders from overseas

[Korea Rural Newspaper Reporter Kwang-jin Yoon] A new farmhouse in the post-Covid-19 era as strawberries produced in Hongseong-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, which are popular in high quality and extra-large size, are in the limelight in overseas countries such as Hong Kong and the United States. It is regarded as an income generating model and is attracting attention. According to Chungnam Province, the Hongseong Ari Hyang Farming Association, consisting of five farms in Hwayang-ri, Geumma-myeon, Hongseong-gun, exported 43,000 dollars of strawberries, a 1.7-fold increase from $25,000 in 2019, the first year of export last year. In particular, despite the fact that last year's strawberry exports in Chungnam Province were cut in half, the amount of exports doubled, and in January this year alone, it achieved about $100,000, which is doubled last year. With this trend, it is expected that the achievement of more than $300,000 by April will be fine. Export countries are Hong Kong, ...