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The 2025 Rice Flour Bakery Pilgrimage has begun. Its first step is the popup exhibition hall in Seoul's Seongsu-dong, a district dense with popup stores, where visitors can taste new rice flour bread products from 102 bakeries over two days, the 20th and 21st. Prepared jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, and the Korea Confectionery Association, this popup exhibition hall offers not only the award-winning entries from the 'Rice Flour Confectionery and Bakery New Menu Tasting Contest' held at the aT Center 10 days ago, but also allows for sampling. At that contest, Chocolat Hazelnut Pastry (Jean Boulangerie), Nut Bon made with rice flour (Bread Factory Mancam), and Fig Butter & Milk (Lavito) were among the award winners. Starting from the Seongsu-dong popup exhibition hall, the 2025 Rice Flour Bakery Pilgrimage will operate nationwide from June 23 to November 30. Customers purchasing rice flour bread and ...

(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Seon-mi = The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on the 19th that it will operate a popup exhibition for 'Rice Flour Bread Pilgrimage' in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu on the 20th and 21st, in collaboration with Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) and the Korean Confectionery Association. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs will introduce new rice flour bread products from 102 bakeries nationwide, including Daejeon Sungshimdang and Jeonju Pungnyeon Confectionery. It will also exhibit and host a tasting event for award-winning items from the 'Rice Flour Confectionery and Bakery New Menu Evaluation' held on the 10th, such as Jean Boulangerie's 'Chocolat Hazelnut Pastry'. Separately, from the 23rd to November 30th, they will operate a consumer participation event called '2025 Rice Flour Bread Pilgrimage'. Consumers who purchase products including rice flour bread for over 20,000 won at nationwide rice flour bread sales outlets will receive a keychain created in collaboration with the production team of the animation 'Bread Barbershop'. Kim Gyeong-eun, head of the Strategic Crop Cultivation Team at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, said, "We will create various opportunities for consumers to enjoy rice flour bread and cookies in cooperation with related industries." sun@yna.co.kr

[By Song Hae-chang, Korea Farmers' Newspaper] The Nonghyup Central Union Chungnam-Sejong Regional Headquarters conducted a rice consumption promotion campaign on the 13th at the Nonghyup Sejong Training Institute. The headquarters, together with the Nonghyup Life Insurance Chungnam-Sejong Branch, informed participants about the excellence of Korean rice and urged rice consumption promotion. During the education break time, they distributed rice cakes and traditional rice punch instead of the previously provided snacks and soft drinks, which received a positive response. Jeong Hae-woong, head of the Nonghyup Chungnam-Sejong Headquarters, said, "The headquarters has been consistently conducting a 'morning rice eating' campaign and rice product promotions," and added, "We will continue to focus our capabilities on expanding rice consumption." Sejong = Reporter Song Hae-chang, songhc@agrinet.co.kr