Hwaseong City Signs Agreement with Suwon District Horticulture Agricultural Cooperative

Hwaseong City announced on the 19th that it has signed an agreement with the Suwon District Horticulture Agricultural Cooperative for preferential supply of agricultural products to school meals to secure stable sales channels for local farms and provide children with fresh and safe food.

Through the agreement signed on this day, the Suwon District Horticulture Agricultural Cooperative decided to purchase superior agricultural products produced in Hwaseong City through contract farming.

In addition, Hwaseong City and the Suwon District Horticulture Agricultural Cooperative agreed to make it a principle to preferentially supply pre-processed and fresh agricultural products to school meals in the city to provide children with fresh and safe food.

A city official stated, "Through this supply agreement ceremony, we expect to not only secure stable purchase channels for agricultural products, but also ensure production stability through contract farming and minimize distribution stages to increase freshness and price satisfaction."

Hwaseong City and the Suwon District Horticulture Agricultural Cooperative agreed to actively cooperate with each other in business implementation, including supply methods and unit prices, to ensure smooth school meal operations.

Meanwhile, the Suwon District Horticulture Agricultural Cooperative operates the Hwaseong Production Distribution Center equipped with facilities capable of pre-processing 20 tons of agricultural products per day and a low-temperature storage facility, and was selected as an outstanding organization in the 2011 comprehensive evaluation of production distribution management held by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.