If the countryside is to be revitalized, the industry must be revitalized. Based on local characteristic resources, Zhangxian Huqiao Town adjusts and optimizes the industrial structure, cultivates new characteristic industries, and makes every effort to build a rural characteristic industrial system of "one village, one product, one village, one industry".
If you want to get rich, find a way. When it comes to dandelions, people will always have a romantic scene of dandelion seeds flying in the wind, but Gong Jianhong, a young entrepreneur who returned to his hometown in Tiegou Village, Huqiao Town, has made dandelions a new way for his hometown to increase his income and get rich. In 2023, he saw from Kuaishou that dandelion planting was promising, coupled with the suitable climate, fertile land and abundant water in Tiegou Village, so he transferred land to plant dandelions in the village.
Gong Jianhong, head of Zhangxian Xinjiayuan Vegetable Planting Farmers Professional Cooperative
This year's dandelion growth is very good, now is the first stubble, a few stubbles can be harvested a year, can stably provide buyers with supply, the yield per mu is expected to be about 3,000 catties.
The development of dandelion has provided employment opportunities for the masses in Tiegou Village. Walking into the planting base of Zhangxian Xinjiayuan Vegetable Planting Farmers Cooperative, large areas of dandelions are lush, the flowers are blooming, and the yellow flowers are particularly eye-catching, "I came here to work, harvest dandelions, not tired, and take care of the family." Villager Zhu Yunlian said.
Migrant worker Zhu Yunlian
We worked more last year, and now we have just started, so it should be better than last year.
Dandelion is also known as yellow flower Ding, Mother-in-law, etc., is a kind of cash crop for both medicine and food, it is a treasure all over its body, roots, stems, leaves and seeds can be sold for money, blooming small yellow flowers, a little bit of gold, it is eye-catching, adding a beautiful scenery to the mountain village. Speaking of prospect planning, Gong Jianhong talked eloquently. "This year, 50 acres of dandelions were planted, and the follow-up base was planted in a continuous area, and the dandelions have a long flowering period, which can attract tourists to come to watch and play, and the cooperative also provides fresh vegetable picking, which is another benefit. ”
Tourist Zhang Caiyun
Today I took my children out to play, passing by Tiegou Village, and saw dandelions planted on the edge of the field, and the flowers were very beautiful, so I took a photo here, made a card, picked some flowers, and picked some vegetables.
The planting of dandelion has found a new fulcrum for the revitalization of rural industries in Tiegou Village, providing 123 households with channels for industrial development and income increase. In the next step, Tiegou Village will carry out the development of a series of products based on "dandelion tea", further increase the added value of products, make the dandelion industry bigger and stronger, and make the dandelion industry truly become a "rich flower" to increase income.
Tao Liang, resident team leader of Tiegou Village
Tiegou Village began to plant 150 acres of dandelions last year, and the income per mu was about 6,000 yuan. This year, we will continue to mobilize more people to plant dandelions, expand the planting area, build contiguous dandelion bases, vigorously develop dandelion and other characteristic industries, attract surrounding people to play and pick, extend the industrial chain, comprehensively improve the new momentum of rural revitalization, and lead more villagers to increase their income and get rich at their doorsteps.
Rural revitalization, industrial prosperity is the key, small dandelions drive big industries, the dandelions scattered in the fields in the past, now turned into a paved road to get rich, a beautiful picture of rural revitalization of industry prosperity, family wealth, people, and village beauty is slowly unfolding.
Source: Xie Tongling, Kang Jianqing