Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province announced on the 25th that they held the '2nd Full Meeting of the Food Discussion Body' at the annex conference room of the Jeonbuk Women and Family Foundation, and received officially 16 food policy proposals directly from residents that were discovered by the residents themselves.

The 'Food Discussion Body' is a participatory governance body where residents directly discover local food issues and provide policy alternatives through discussions. It was launched in July according to Article 17 of the Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Food Basic Ordinance. Over the past four months, about 70 residents, including employees, agricultural and livestock industry workers, self-employed individuals, and housewives, have been discussing Jeonbuk's food policy through workshops and meetings.

Following the sharing of the current status and issues of food at the 1st Full Meeting held on July 19, through two workshops in August and September, they went through a discussion process of 'analyzing the root causes of problems → seeking solutions → concretizing policy ideas' to prepare a total of 16 policy proposals.

At this 2nd Full Meeting, activities such as ▲review of the 2nd workshop ▲presentation of policy proposals and Q&A ▲resolution and delivery of policy proposals to Jeonbuk Province ▲evaluation of the operation of the discussion body were carried out. About 80 officials, including Councilor Oh Eun-mi and Kim Heung-joo, Co-Chairman of the Jeonbuk Food Committee (Professor at Wonkwang University), attended the meeting and discussed the residents' proposals.

The major policies proposed by the residents include 'development of meal kits based on Jeonbuk-produced ingredients', 'diversification of local food distribution methods for vulnerable groups', 'improvement of school meals that satisfy children', 'expansion of the use of local agricultural products in public food service areas', 'expansion of sales outlets for misshapen agricultural products', 'operation of a local food platform', 'new ideas for diversifying consumer markets', 'introduction of food health temperature control', 'operation of a point system for eco-friendly multi-use containers', and many other lifestyle-oriented ideas.