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Gunwi County Moves from Planning to Action on Local Food — Daegu Station Direct Market to Anchor Local Food Expansion — Building Trust Between Producers and Consumers — Rolling Out a Metrowide Circular Model by Tapping the Daegu Market
Gunwi County is shifting from planning to full implementation of its local food strategy and is preparing to open a local food direct market at Daegu Station. On March 27, officials gathered at the Gunwi County Agricultural Technology Center for the Final Report Meeting on activating and operating the Gunwi Food Plan and the first Food Committee meeting of 2026. The sessions assessed progress toward creating a virtuous, sustainable local food cycle.
Held ahead of the Daegu Station market opening, the meeting signaled that Gunwi’s food plan has moved beyond design and into on-the-ground action. To strengthen governance, the county has reorganized decision-making around the Food Committee and boosted producers’ readiness and product quality through study tours and targeted capacity-building programs for farming households.
To secure a stable supply of local produce, the county reviewed cropping systems and formalized production management procedures. It also created a direct link between producers and consumers by running monitoring teams and familiarization tours to build consumer trust. Crucially, officials developed a management manual to institutionalize safety protocols and reinforce confidence in Gunwi local food.
At the final report meeting, leaders outlined next-step expansion strategies grounded in these practical achievements: broadening public meal programs, building a network of local food direct markets, and increasing support for food-insecure groups. Leveraging a larger consumer base after becoming part of Daegu Metropolitan City, Gunwi plans to operate a metropolitan circular food model: produce in Gunwi, consume in Daegu.
Gunwi has already been making inroads into the urban market through its Daegu Universiade branch and the Jeonjagwan direct store. The Daegu Station direct market is expected to serve as the pivotal hub that accelerates this urban expansion. At the follow-up Food Committee meeting, officials reviewed 2025’s performance on the local food plan, checked the 2026 implementation schedule, and discussed policy refinements and new project prospects.
A Gunwi County official said, “This project and the committee gave us a chance to comprehensively review and strengthen the foundation for implementing the local food plan. Building on our initial success in Daegu, we’ll stabilize operations at the Daegu Station market and gradually expand the distribution network.” The official added, “We will keep reinforcing the basics—organizing producers, tightening quality control, and ensuring safety—to make sure the policy delivers real results.”
Gunwi County’s Daegu Station local food direct market will hold its opening ceremony on April 3. The county sees this as a core growth strategy that connects regional agriculture with city consumers and plans to expand the local food distribution network across Daegu in stages.
Daegu-Gyeongbuk = Reporter Lee Jae-geun news113@viva100.com
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