In recent days, an empty piece of cabbage has entered the pick-up period at the vegetable growing base in guihua village, yun jin town, huenzhou. Fresh leaves are green and fresh, and vegetable farmers travel around the fields with bamboo and quickly pick up a fresh and empty cabbage in a basket。
“this is a good time, and this morning's raffle, which has been carefully chosen, is more popular than last year.” the director of the base, wang ming, introduced the cardiac pick-up all over the place, “it is through this precious time advantage that we have won market initiative”
“it is now a time of tight supply of local cabbage, where the cost of vegetables in the field is high and freshness is difficult to secure. Our base has a high yield of pre-cooked cabbage, with about 15,000 pounds of emptied cabbage per day, effectively filling the gap in vegetable supply during the season with the advantage of growing fast and long harvest times, and selling better prices with a sense of ablaze。
After picking, sorting, cleaning and packing, the newly harvested carbs were loaded into transport vehicles at a wholesale price of more than $3 per pound for sale at the haijistar market in wuzhou。
Wang ming has been focusing on the field of hollow cabbage cultivation for many years, and has matured breeding, facilities and field management experience。
In 2016, he responded positively to the strategic deployments for rural revitalization, following a field trip to see the unique natural endowments of climate, light, soil fertility and water facilities in guihua village, where early cabbage is grown on a scale and standardized basis, and to work with the village collectively。
Through land-flowing, he has built a large-scale vegetable growing base of over 150 acres and developed a pre-cooked cabbage specialty industry, which has been a pioneer in the local exploration of facilities for early-season vegetable cultivation. Today, the base has developed a more scientific model of care and operation. Irrigated water sources are drawn from the surrounding rivers and field care is carried out through a self-flowing irrigation system, which saves costs, is green and efficient and provides a firm basis for the quality and production of empty cabbage. Compared to traditional open-air cultivation, the base's large-breeding system makes the empty cabbage tastes much more tenderer and more fragile, coupled with water fertilizer management and pest control techniques, the production of empty cabbage has increased markedly over previous years, and its quality and nutrition have become more favourable to consumers。
The base invests approximately $700,000 annually in the rental of sheds, land flow, maintenance of facilities and labour. Wang ming said that the base workers were recruited through the village, giving priority to the neighbouring villagers, where more than 30 people worked. At the peak of the harvest, the number reached more than 50, and wages were settled on the same day, allowing for steady employment and increased income at home。
The villagers of guihua village in yun jin town said, “i was introduced through the village to work as a base worker, caring for the family and securing a steady income, working eight hours a day at the peak and earning $200 a day.”
According to guo yan, the chief secretary of the party of guihua village, the development of the base has provided a good model for modern agricultural development throughout the village, and its mature patterns of planting and marketing have provided valuable and replicable experience for the collective development of the village's niche industries。
“we will continue to build on the resources of the village, keeping close to the plans for the revitalization of the town of yun jin, leading industrial development by the party, building on the foundational advantages of the new village, and continuing to produce the best vegetables, constantly enriching the village's collective economic performance and making industrial development a solid basis for the growth of the village and its development.” (fu yan) said
