Lai 23, north junior. In lonan county security town, deep in qinqing, the cold winds are swollen. But it's another scene in the strawberry shack of the avocats. At more than 20 degrees of temperature in the shed, the leaves of the green branches are covered with red fruit, and several well-dressed workers are leaning down to pick them up。
"with masks and gloves, no smoking, no spit." the woman worker zhang ai-hye put a strawberries gently into the tray while saying, “these are singapore-flying, and they are nothing. Without gloves, your nails are long enough to scratch strawberries."
The workers are picking strawberries
Technology gives "sweet" power
While these strawberries, which are about to leave the country, appear to be identical to ordinary winter strawberries, they contain unique “exclusive genes” — the varieties of which are known as “sweetness” — and are able to carry normal fruit in a warm summer environment, which comes from the laboratories of the national university of singapore。
"the size must be even. Take a closer look. Singapore is a long way away. The company's founder, luo lin, scrutinized the strawberry wrapping in the sorting workshop. At 43 years of age, she spoke in a simple manner and was a senior mediaman who now turned to the ground. “there are nearly $15 billion in vacancies in the domestic summer strawberry market, and we just want to fill this gap.”
The founder of the ultra-agriculture company, lu, examined the new strawberries
Back in 2024, the luang returned to his hometown of lonang with singapore's advanced planting techniques. In less than two years, with the dual help of regular on-site mentoring by experts from the national university of singapore and remote video links to answer queries, the strawberries seedling test for summer growth was successful。
Ph. D. At the national university of singapore and chief scientist of new fruit, borge, directed strawberry cultivation
Today, it has become a certified export base for singapore, with sales to countries and regions such as singapore and indonesia. The average daily order is about 300 kg of strawberries, and the annual order of trees exceeds 500,000. After full delivery, strawberry sales are expected to exceed 150 tons per year and 1. 2 million seedlings. In singapore, 300 kroner strawberries are sold at about 120 yuan yuan, an average of nearly ten yuan. “at summer, strawberries in the rest of shaanxi are almost impossible to grow, and strawberries here are as glamorous and sweet as spring。
And behind all of this is the power of technology: at the corner of the strawberry room, an invisible little black device, a plant electron nose detector, can provide early warning of pests and diseases 15 to 20 days in advance by analysing the odour of plants。
Plant electronic nose detector
“most traditional ai agriculture relies on image recognition and often on crop disease to detect problems. All we have to do is intervene before we get sick." lu xian explained that this technology, like the installation of a “sniffing monitor” on the crop, has shifted strawberry cultivation from passive “treatment” to active “prevention”。
In addition to plant electron noses, the base also has a data-driven smart decision-making system, precise water fertilisation irrigation, crop growth forecasting, pest modelling analysis each makes planting more scientific, “agriculture no longer depends on the sky, but on data”. Lui said that the strawberries grow from the selection of varieties to the day-to-day planting, and each step is marked with a distinct “technology” label。
Red fire at home, hope for the new farmer
Technology grows strawberries, and it burns local life. At present, businesses employ more than 30 workers a year, and once the base is fully built, they can provide thousands of jobs; in all, more than 30 new farmers have been trained, leading to more than 200 jobs。
“it used to be felt that the land was on the yellow side, and it was only now that i knew that agriculture could be so `high'.” the female worker, zhang ah hui, laughed. She learned about standardized production here, and income was stable. “i work outside my home, walking from home to here for up to 10 minutes, and now earns $34,000 a month, and the production season is higher, which is good.” another male worker, the panfort army, is here to do technical work, and for him, not only is his income stable, but he has a new dream: “i intend to work in a few years, either by contracting a few sheds or by starting a business elsewhere”
Picking and sorting packages for the workers of the agricultural company of ultra-agriculture
Lu xian's office wall is marked by a picture of the future direction of expansion: shaanxigan county, tibet ali, even kazakhstan, peru, etc., are all the potential markets she sees. “we have now signed initial cooperation agreements with several places, or are we trying to standardize agricultural production, generate more jobs, and have a good income for all.” lu xian said。
Sweet strawberry
In the evening, lui came out of the shed with a plate of fresh strawberries in his hand. "when i was little, the best thing i wanted was sweet." she smiled and said, "now, we want everyone to get something sweet for four seasons."
The young age has grown, and red lanterns are rising in the streets of the town of security. And in the strawberry shed, a red fruit is still full of branches, as if it was unsuspecting that the seasons were changing and that the borders were close。
In this town, deep in qinlong, technology has allowed strawberries to grow beyond the limits of the season and has kept the mountains close to the world。
