China News Service, Cangzhou, July 25th (Wang Tian translated Chen Zhidan and Song Zhimin) On the morning of the 25th, in the greenhouse of Lvyuan Vegetable Professional Cooperative in Suning County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, nearly 30 million vegetable seedlings were growing satisfactorily.
"Lady New Farmer" and "Post-90s" female college student Zhang Shasha is busy loading trucks to deliver seedlings to customers.
"At present, I have planted four multi-span nursery rooms, including 12 varieties of cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, cabbage, and more than 50 varieties. Foreign merchants come to purchase almost every day." Zhang Shasha said with a smile.
According to reports, after graduating from the University of Art and Design, Zhang Shasha worked in a company in Langfang, Hebei Province, and earned a lot of money.
After several visits to her hometown, she found that the agricultural market is promising.
After some thought, she and her lover returned to their hometown and learned from scratch in their own cooperative.
"At that time, I spent every day in the shed to learn seedlings and field management, and tried to explore a new mode of cooperative operation." Zhang Shasha said that through research, she found that there was no shortage of seedlings in the market, but good varieties.
Therefore, she advocated the construction of a 15,000-square-meter high-standard nursery greenhouse and a 20,000-square-meter glass multi-story nursery room, and the introduction of advanced automatic seeding lines and precision seed seeders.
Through comparative experiments in the park, more than 20 new vegetable varieties introduced from well-known domestic and foreign seed companies were screened.
"My eggplant's 'replacing and growing' technology can increase the yield by 10%, which is well recognized by the growers." Over the past few years, Zhang Shasha, who has been experimenting with new varieties and has applied for nine utility model patents, has become a veritable local "new" Farmers”, the villagers recognized as “seedling experts”, many villagers came here to join cooperatives and learn planting techniques.
The picture shows Zhang Shasha checking the growth of the seedlings in the greenhouse.
Photo by Song Zhimin
As of June this year, the cooperative's planting area has expanded to 500 mu, attracting more than 600 members.
"Ventilation, shading, temperature and humidity regulation, etc., these tasks are all automated. Working in the greenhouse is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is much easier than farming before." 68-year-old member Wang Jianchuan transferred his land to the cooperative. , full-time work here, the income of three or four thousand yuan a month makes him very content.
At the same time, in order to increase the income of the members, Zhang Shasha made a planting plan for the whole year. By filling the gaps in the planting stubble, the farmers' sales problems were solved and the income was further increased.
In 2021, Zhang Shasha's deeds will be selected as a typical entrepreneurial case of "women new peasants" in the country.
"I hope to work with more farmers to expand the seedling business and build a better rural area. I also believe that there will be more young people in the story of rural revitalization." Zhang Shasha said.
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