Yao and ho are picking tomatoes
In winter, the warm and warm days are spilling over the aluminum family farm on the piercing island, “90 years later” couples yao winter and ho hao wearing hats and working in their work clothes are busy farming, and the smell of mud, grass and fragrances has come to the fore, presenting a promising garden scroll。
You're the same
Let's get on the farm road together
In 1990, yao winter and winter were born in lake county and their parents worked in fishing. He has a natural closeness to the growing and farming industries. After the 2009 high examination, after careful consideration, he filled out the facilities of the winzhou institute of science and technology in agriculture and equipment, with the firm intention of making a breakthrough in agriculture。
He is a 1-year-old boy from a business family in antananarivo. She loved small animals from an early age, read the book of wealth, and planted in her heart the curiosity and desire for agriculture. Despite the parents ' objections, she had chosen the same profession as yao winter after her 2009 high examination。
While in school, the outstanding winter year of yao became the subject of an invitation to attend school, and she was enthusiastically invited to participate in practical projects. A common hobby brings them closer and closer to each other。
Upon graduation in 2012, yao, who received a yearly scholarship, was invited by the school to stay in school, but he eventually chose to become an agricultural entrepreneur. Her parents wanted her to come home, but she insisted on starting a business with yao winter and convinced her parents to act。
After graduation, two people came to lingquan to start a farm business trip. Speaking of the reasons for the choice of lingquan island, yao winter recalled that he met with the old clerk of a village in lingqun when he graduated from the school bus and learned that he was an agricultural student and invited him to start his own business. In the first year, five acres of sheds were rented from the village through the introduction of the old secretary, followed by land from farmers totalling 30 acres。
The challenge
"just like raising a child" tomatoes
When the family farm of ayagi was founded, it was mainly grown with a large variety of tomatoes, both of which liked to eat. In product positioning, they do not follow the usual path, part of which is wholesale and part of which is highly retail. Surrounded tomato farmers have generally chosen to grow large-scale ordinary varieties, with quick and profitable returns, but yao winter and winter consider this route alone to be tantamount to abandoning the expertise acquired at the university, contrary to the original objective of choosing agriculture。
In the early stages of the business, the small tomatoes they grow are sold to teachers, classmates, friends, who, with hard quality, slowly open up the market in a way that is familiar and familiar. In the day-to-day operation of the farm, there is a clear division of labour between the spouses, with yao and winter focusing on technical issues, and ho chi, who is responsible for other matters, such as marketing, and complementarities。
Agricultural entrepreneurship has not been easy, and couples have faced difficulties. Agricultural spending, such as steel pipes, fertilizer, etc., is so large that they can survive in a difficult situation, thanks to family support. In the early days, the farm facilities were poor, there were no heaters, the tide came and they had to warm up at night in a shed and a shed。
“this year, 60-70 varieties of tomato seedlings have been planted in this shed, as well as fertilizing, managing, and, by contrast with old and new varieties, focusing on the choice of tomatoes that are not easy to open, tasteful, high-yielding, high-yielding for large areas to grow next year.”。
“the cultivation of crops such as tomatoes needs to be treated with the same care as the raising of children.” yao winter has a deep sense of this. At the end of october 2019, ho xian gave birth to a son in need of care, and he was also required to manage the tomato seedlings that had been planted on 1 october. Later, as a result of the inability to separate, yao winter and winter were too late to provide a timely dose of tomato seedlings, resulting in the total infection of the virus, which resulted in him having to bear all the pains, clean up the old leaves and the sick leaves, cut off the sources of transmission and replant the plant after sterilization, with heavy losses。
Expansion
Exploring the path of multifaceted development
In 2023, the couple rented 50 acres, plus 30 acres, totalling 80 acres. The husband and the wife were able to build a high-altitude shed on the ground, where large agricultural machines were able to work on a series of plots, which greatly increased efficiency. “now, although it is done with machines, planting, cutting branches, picking tomatoes, etc. Still requires manual labour.” yao winter and winter said。
At present, the main plant on the farm is a “twilight” tomato, coloured and nutritious. In 2024, the husband and the wife registered the trademark of the "hand of the east spirit" and placed labels on baskets and boxes to facilitate the repurchase of customers. Thanks to good taste and high sweetness, multi-coloured tomatoes have won many return visitors as a gift offering. In march this year, yao winter and winter were awarded a gold prize for participating in the “2025 zhenang good tomato” contest with tomatoes produced from their home “choose wood” farm. At the time, the tomatoes were widely on the market, there were not enough couriers to go through retail channels, and after the two spouses had received the prize, they went home to deal with the order。
The couple constantly explores diversity in planting varieties. In addition to the coloured tomatoes, the past year saw the planting of creamed cucumbers from shanghai, and this year a large shed is being grown, with strawberries growing next to it. "we're going to plant cinnamon, and we're going to make three floors to keep warm." not far away, corn grows in the sun, “it's not very labour-intensive, it's well managed, and it's going to harvest in a while”. More than a dozen lion-headed geese were bought last august to play and feed in the fields, and two “two-headed” little pigs were fed and asleep。
Stick to the farm
To balance love with reality
Today, with the development of the farm, yao winter's parents have given up fishing to help from lake county, along with his aunt. “at least a dozen people will be required to work on the side branches, the detours, etc., until the whole plant is planted.”
For 13 years, the husband and the wife have worked together on the agricultural road, reaping fruit and learning to find a balance between love and reality and to hold the wheel of life steady. Last year, farm produce was sold with a total income of about $7. 8 million, but the investment was equally large: land rents, seedlings, fertilizer, etc. Cost about $200,000, and labour costs for eight workers were more than $500,000. Despite spending more than a million dollars last year on loans, they are still firmly on track, and this year's goal is to earn more than a million dollars。
Every day, they turn their backs on the ground, because they love each other and they never regret it. More than 50 people were in the same class and today only the couple are engaged in starting a business in agriculture. As a result, they became excellent alumni at their home school. Last year, as alumni's board member, yao was invited to share his experience in order to provide a source of employment information for the students. In his sincere conclusion, he said: “in this path, first and foremost, there is a genuine love for agriculture and a firm belief, which cannot be achieved without the support of family funds and the accumulation of their own expertise.”
Turning to the future, yao, winter, winter and ho, is confident. They will continue to work in the field of agriculture, continuously upgrading farm management and product quality, exploring further possibilities for development and increasing the taste of quality agricultural products grown by family farms in aromatic wood。
Source: wenzhou evening
