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elementary school, middle school, and high school were delayed, the farmers who were supplying school lunch materials are experiencing difficulties. However, the government has taken measures to provide a package of farm products to students' families by buying farm products with school budgets that are not used by the government. Came out.

For more information, reporter Song In-ho reports.

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Eco-friendly agricultural products for school lunches are evenly packed in small boxes.

This is to sell the agricultural products with clogged sales directly to consumers.

[Shin / game Agri-Food Distribution Agency Logistics Operations Manager: selling price of the drive-through is there filled with about 32,000 won Agricultural products, when using the drive-through are sold around 20,000 won -

but this does my meals, Gyeonggi We do not sell even one-fifth of the agricultural products.

It is an eco-friendly garlic field that is grown for school lunch.

If the harvest is not resumed for about a month, the market is in a state of stagnation.

Farmers are burned inside when they don't know when school will resume.

[Yoo Ji-sub / Cultivation of eco-friendly agricultural products for lunch: Farmers: I know that it costs half the price of the food delivery. The leftover agricultural products are sometimes thrown away and stacked up in warehouses.] The

government has provided support for eco-friendly food farmers in need.

The first plan is to provide 340,000 won of 'farm products package' per person within the free meal budget within 8,000,000 students in elementary, middle and high schools in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do.

Online coupons or coupon payments that can be used in concentrated seafood stores are also being considered.

[Eunhye Yoo / Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education: It is expected that this will reduce the household burden on ingredients and contribute to the health of children. From the viewpoint of production farming groups, so that they can help even a little bit of damage ... ] The

government plans to request participation in the agricultural product package business for the remaining seven local governments, including Busan, Incheon, and Daegu.

(Video coverage: Park Hyun-cheol, Video editing: Jun-hee Kim, VJ: Oh Se-gwan)