Muan County launches campaign to promote consumption of South Korean rice

(Korea Agricultural Newspaper = Reporter Jeong Sae-ron) Jeollanam-do Muan-gun (Governor Kim San) and the Nonghyup Muan-gun branch conducted a ‘Korean Rice Consumption Promotion Campaign’ three times in total: on the 9th at Muan Traditional Market, on the 11th at Illo Traditional Market, and on the 12th at Nam-ak Central Park. This campaign was planned to comfort and support farmers who are suffering from the recent continuous decline in rice prices and decreased rice consumption. The campaign actively promoted Muan rice, which is grown in a clean natural environment and boasts its own unique taste and flavor, by distributing Muan ‘Hwangtorang Rice’, one of Jeollanam-do’s top 10 high-quality brand rice, and garaetteok. The county and the Nonghyup Gun branch plan to continue to sympathize with the difficulties and concerns of farmers due to the decline in rice prices and ...