President Kim Choon-jin of Korea Agro-Fisheries Food Trade Corp. (aT) said, “This will be a year in which Korea will become an agro-fisheries powerhouse.”
He made the remarks at a non-face-to-face, online, ceremony to kick off the 2022 business year at aT headquarters in Naju, Jeollanam-do, on Jan. 3.
As for major tasks aT will implement this year, President Kim spoke about fleshing out a plan on an “integrated grain/food processing combination” designed to ramp up grain security; strengthening production infrastructure in Korea and building stable supply chains to cope with a grain crisis; improving the welfare of people’s food welfare and expanding food plan as well as reinvigorating new distribution channels; and ramping up foundation to become an agro-fisheries power; and raising farming household income and expanding homegrown agro-fisheries food consumption.
President Kim said, “Crises, such as climate change and infectious diseases, will protract in the year 2022.” aT will spearhead ESG management by conducting a campaign to promote Korea Green Food Day to spread an eco-friendly, low-carbon, dietary culture and a campaign to promote Global Green Food Day globally, he said.
Incheon Students Participate in ‘Korea Green Food Day’ Drives
Korea Agro-Fisheries Food Trade Corp. (aT) signed an MOU on an eco-friendly, low-carbon, dietary culture with the Incheon Metropolitan Government Office of Education on Feb. 28.
Both sides agreed to spearhead the implementation of ESG culture by conducting Korea Green Food Day campaigns connected with green meals to spread low-carbon dietary culture for future generations, boosting public meals using low-carbon, eco-friendly agro-fisheries foods, and cooperate in the implementation of hands-on education on flower life for next generations.
Korea Green Food Day is a public campaign to improve people’s dietary life to reduce greenhouse gas emissions being emitted in the course of food production, distribution and consumption.
aT encourages homes, restaurants and schools on a voluntary basis to certify low-carbon, eco-friendly agricultural produce in the stage of production, present “locally produced foods in the course of distribution and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by removing leftover foods in the course of consumption.”
Last September, aT held a ceremony to declare Korea Green Food Day and launched campaigns to purse “net zero” carbon from farms to food tables.
Under the deal, about 310,000 students of primary and secondary schools under the jurisdiction of the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education are expected to participate in the campaigns.
The state legislature in Virginia passed a resolution to designate Kimchi Day on Feb. 10, following the similar step in California. U.S. Rep. Irene Shin speaks about a measure on the designation of Kimchi Day in the state legislature in Virginia. (Photos: aT)
California Designates Nov. 22 ‘Kimchi Day’
The state legislature in California has approved a measure to formally designate Nov. 22 ‘Kimchi Day.’
Californian Assemblyman Steven Choi submitted Resolution HR52 on the designation, along with 12 Korean organizations on May 21. The state legislature gave the go-ahead on Aug. 23 in Sacramento.
The resolution cited the origin of kimchi and touched on kimjang, or the traditional culture and process of preparing kimchi inscribed in 2013 on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
It also said kimchi contains probiotics, calcium and vitamins and boosts bodily immunity.
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