Jingchu Network (Hubei Daily Network) News (Reporter Lu Weilong, Zhou Hongyang Correspondent LeQi) Before the Dragon Boat Festival, it is the season of wormwood harvesting. On the hillsides and hilltops of Fengdian Town, Dawu County, a ridge and a cluster of wormwood grow extraordinarily vigorously. These wormwood that enter the harvest period will be sent to the processing plant and turned into mugwort products into health care markets.
Growing wormwood. Photo by reporter Zhou Hongyang
Fengdian Town is located at the confluence of the Yangtze River Basin and the Huai River Basin, in the hinterland of the Wuyue Mountains, where the soil conditions are good and the climate is suitable, which is very suitable for the growth of wormwood. The wormwood produced by the property has good quality, thick leaves, high fleece rate, large oil production, and has great economic value.
Farmers are harvesting wormwood. Photo by reporter Zhou Hongyang
In the past, some farmers in the town planted traditional cash crops such as peanuts and corn, which not only had low returns, but also sometimes faced the risk of slow sales. After learning that there are local buyers of mugwort leaves, some farmers try to plant wormwood, which can harvest three stubbles a year, and the net income per mu is 3500 yuan.
Wormwood planting demonstration base. Photo by reporter Zhou Hongyang
Wormwood planting demonstration base. Photo by reporter Lu Weilong
As the benefits of farmers planting wormwood began to appear, Fengdian Town gradually took wormwood as a pillar industry, and guided villagers to plant wormwood in a large area through measures such as building demonstration bases, forming professional cooperatives, supporting credit funds, and strengthening technical training. Today, 16 villages in the town, including Fengdian, Duanshan, Fangdian and Yanshan, have wormwood planting bases.
Wufeng Wuai company plant. Photo by reporter Lu Weilong
Wormwood products. Photo by reporter Zhou Hongyang
Wormwood products. Photo by reporter Zhou Hongyang
Wormwood needs to be further processed before it can be turned into a product and brought to market. In 2017, Fengdian Town introduced a one-stop scale enterprise with wormwood planting, mugwort acquisition, production, processing, sales and service - Hubei Wufeng Wuai Medicinal Materials Products Co., Ltd., which mainly produces moxa, moxa stickers, moxibustion stickers, moxa pillows, bath foot bags and other products.
Patent certificate. Photo by reporter Lu Weilong
"At present, we have developed more than 20 categories and obtained 15 invention patents." Wufeng Wuai company manager Tan Dejiang introduced, the company annual acquisition of pure mugwort leaves more than 2400 tons, there are four production lines of velvet, moxa stickers, moxibustion stickers, bath foot bags, this year plans to add two new production lines, the production of moxibustion stickers and cosmetics, is expected to be put into production, the annual output value can exceed 30 million yuan.
Agricultural products display area. Photo by reporter Lu Weilong
Xinxiang Xianyan of Fengdian Town guided Wei Ling, secretary of the Tangdian Village branch, to carry out live e-commerce broadcasting. Photo by reporter Zhou Hongyang
In addition to the introduction of deep processing enterprises, Fengdian Town has also created a live e-commerce and agricultural product display platform, focusing on the display of wormwood products such as bath foot bags, mugwort pillows, and mugwort quilts, inviting Xinxiangxian to return to his hometown to guide e-commerce live broadcasting and boost the online sales of wormwood products. "After the douyin live broadcast was opened, there was an endless stream of phone calls ordered every day." Wufeng Wuai company manager Tan Dejiang said.
E-commerce live broadcast scene. Photo by reporter Lu Weilong
It is reported that Fengdian Town relies on Wufeng Wuai and other agricultural characteristic enterprises, through the establishment of people's companies to integrate resources, optimize the industrial chain, improve the output of agricultural products, wormwood and other characteristic planting projects bloom everywhere in Fengdian Town.
Fengdian Reservoir. Photo by reporter Lu Weilong
Dong Nenghua, secretary of the Party Committee of Fengdian Town, introduced that the town will combine the favorable resources of the local mountains and rivers, based on Ai products, to create a Ai cultural theme town, develop Ai theme homestays, moxibustion health experience halls and other leisure facilities, carry out parent-child, research, science and other activities, so that Fengdian will become China's Ai Valley.
At present, the planting area of wormwood in Fengdian Town is more than 10,000 mu, with an annual output value of 90 million yuan, driving the employment of 3,500 farmers, and wormwood products are exported to first-tier cities in Shandong, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other provinces.