SEOUL, South
Korea /PRNewswire/ -- A new organic food expo is set to
take place in South
Korea's central agricultural town of Goeson in
September, bringing together two major organic food bodies for the
first time, organizers said Wednesday.
The
2015 Goesan International Organic Expo will kick off
on Sept.
18 in the mountainous town in North Chungcheong
Province, for a 24-day run under the theme "Organic Life, Science
Meets the Public.
The upcoming
expo is expected to help cement the inland province as
"the new continent for organic foods" as well as
"the Mecca for
the organic industry."
North
Chungcheong Governor Lee
Si-jong said the much-anticipated expo will help boost
the province's agricultural exports during a ceremony held earlier
in the day in Seoul to
promote the agricultural fair.
"The
Goesan Organic Expo will serve as a spring board for North
Chungcheong Province to promote its superb agricultural produce on
the international stage and help the province to boldly use
strategy to boost exports," Governor Lee said.
The
governor noted that the upcoming event will be first of its kind
which will gather together the world's top two organic food bodies,
the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research and the
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements.
"This
will become a global festival which opens the
door to a
new world for organic foods," he said.
The
organizing committee is pushing to invite more than 250 local and
foreign firms to join the fair with the goal of luring in 660,000
visitors, including 40,000 foreign visitors.
Governor Lee signed an agreement with Seoul Mayor Park
Won-soon to solicit cooperation from the capital city.
"The
province will try to appeal to the rich in China with
its high-quality organic produce at a time when cheap imported
agricultural goods are flooding the market," Huh
Kyung-jae, an official from the organizing committee, said.
"This expo will lay the groundwork for that."
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