Nowadays, it is the peak season for spring bamboo shoot picking, and more than 30 workers are busy sorting, peeling, steaming, pressing, and slicing into the bamboo shoot processing base in Zhangdi Township, Longgong Township, Qingyuan County...... The daily consumption of bamboo shoots is about 20 tons, after a number of production processes, a fresh and tender bamboo shoots are processed into crispy and sweet, chewy bamboo shoots, after the finished product they will be sold to Yiwu, Wenzhou and other places.
At the processing point in Longgong Village, the reporter saw that the bamboo shoots had been piled up into a "bamboo shoot mountain", and there was an endless stream of bamboo shoot farmers selling fresh bamboo shoots, or tricycles or motorcycles, pulling one cart after another full of bamboo shoots waiting to be weighed.
"A total of 400 catties, 0.8 yuan per catty, a total of 320 yuan. Villager Ye Mazhou told reporters that in recent days, more than 1,000 kilograms of fresh bamboo shoots can be dug every day, and up to 1,500 kilograms a day.
"This year, there is plenty of rain, and the bamboo shoots are growing well. Liu Xiaohua, the person in charge of Longgong Village Green Treasure Agricultural Products Professional Cooperative, introduced that from the end of February every year, Longgong's yellow sweet bamboo shoots, thunder bamboo shoots, etc. began to enter the market, which is expected to end at the end of April, and the trading volume of fresh bamboo shoots will exceed 3 million catties, driving bamboo farmers to directly earn about 3.2 million yuan.
Located at the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, Longgong Township is the origin of the development of bamboo industry in Qingyuan County, with rich bamboo shoot resources, 53,000 acres of bamboo forest in the township, nearly 7 acres per capita. In recent years, Longgong Township has established bamboo shoot processing points, expanded the application scenarios of bamboo shoots, deeply excavated "N ways to eat a bamboo shoot", processed bamboo shoots, dried bamboo shoots, bamboo shoot film cakes and other products, further extended the bamboo shoot industry chain, and enhanced the added value of products.
A thunderstorm is full of bamboo shoots, and it grows seven inches in one night. In the wisdom bamboo shoot demonstration base in Longgong Township, as far as the eye can see, there are hairy black bamboo shoots and bamboo shoots popping out of the ground. In recent years, Longgong Township has explored the efficient management of bamboo shoots with the model of "cooperatives + forest farmers" through the unveiling of provincial-level forestry co-prosperity pilot projects, built more than 40 kilometers of hardened forest roads and 3 bamboo shoot processing points, realized the bamboo shoots "entering the market when they go down the mountain", and formed the whole chain development of bamboo shoot planting, transportation, processing and sales.
"Next, we will promote the two provincial pilot projects of modern industrial park and forestry co-prosperity, and focus on the three major directions of smart platform, forest economy, and forest tourism integration, and make every effort to strengthen a bamboo and promote the bamboo shoot industry. Wu Jianmin, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Longgong Township, said. The wind blows the emerald green waves, turning into a song for the people to get rich. Every spring, the bamboo shoot industry has become a new green business card for Longgong's agricultural income, farmers' income and rural economic development, which is full of stamina.
Source: Chao News correspondent Wu Kairong Chen Jinjin