Yongin City Opens Drive-Through Market for Local Food Sales on the 29th

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon] Yongin City announced on the 26th that it will open a 'drive-through market' to support local farmers experiencing difficulties with agricultural product shipments due to COVID-19.

The city will hold a drive-through market on the 29th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Yongin Mir Stadium in Samga-dong, Cheoin-gu. It will sell agricultural product bundles containing eight types of items produced by local farms—including salad vegetables, shiitake mushrooms, green peppers, sweet potatoes, fresh peanuts, brown rice crispies, omija jelly, and roasted eggs—as well as sweet potatoes (5kg) and white pearl rice (10kg) in three product categories.

Prices are 30,000 won each for agricultural product bundles and white pearl rice, and 15,000 won for sweet potatoes.

A total of 700 items across three product categories (300 agricultural product bundles, 200 boxes of sweet potatoes, 200 packages of new rice) will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, with no limit on the number of items purchased per person.

A city official stated, "This is a good opportunity to both support farmers and allow citizens to conveniently purchase high-quality fresh agricultural products, so we hope many citizens will participate," and added, "We will continue to create opportunities for farmers and consumers to meet directly to promote the expansion of local food consumption."