South Korea: Jindo spinach ‘Eutteumcho’ begins shipping in earnest, market response is hot

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Published Feb 8, 2024

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Spinach from Jindo, South Korea, known as 'Euteumcho', is commanding high prices due to its superior quality and taste, attributed to the region's unique maritime climate. The cultivation area for this spinach has nearly doubled from last year to 40 hectares, as Jindo County provides production incentives to farmers. This initiative aims to establish spinach as a new income crop and mitigate price instability of other crops like green onions and cabbages.

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(Jindo = Yonhap News) Reporter Jo Geun-young = The response to spinach ‘Euteumcho’ from Jindo, Jeollanam-do, which is being shipped in earnest, is enthusiastic. According to Jindo County on the 7th, spinach, which is grown as an alternative to field vegetables such as green onions and cabbage, is being sold at a high price of 110,000 won per box (8 kg) at the Garak Agricultural and Marine Products Wholesale Market in Seoul ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Jindo-gun’s spinach cultivation area is 40ha, nearly doubling from last year. The high price for Jindo-produced spinach can be interpreted as the result of consistent quality control by planting high-quality seedlings that were raised in advance through contract farming. Jindo spinach, shipped under the name of Eutteumcho, is grown in a maritime climate and sea breeze where cold and warm currents intersect on the southwest coast, and like 'Jindo Bomdong', which is already widely known to consumers, it has thick leaves and a ...

Source: Yna