The weather is gradually getting hotter, and the "fruit army" is coming, and strawberries are no longer the "C position" on the shelves of fruit stores. The strawberry planting base in Zhangye Village, Qiaoxi Street, is also about to usher in the "finale" picking.
The reporter saw that although it was close to resting shed, the greenhouse was still in order, and between the rows of elevated shelves, a refreshing sweet fragrance came to the nose, and bright red strawberries were dotted among the dense green leaves, which was delicate and attractive. Yang Zhongkang, who is responsible for daily management, said to reporters while taking care of the plants that they planted 3 greenhouses this year, each with an income of 1.6 acres and an income of more than 100,000 yuan. Strawberries are popular in the market because of their large size and good taste.
Strawberry harvests year after year provide a new path for cracking idle land, introducing economic planting projects, and strengthening the collective economy. This year, Zhangye Village will use the support funds from the higher authorities to further develop characteristic strawberry planting, strengthen the collective economy of the village, realize collective benefits, increase the income of villagers, and help rural revitalization.
"The base was established in 2020, after three years of exploration, the technology is becoming more and more mature, and the benefits are considerable, so our village decided to build 8 new all-steel frame greenhouses this year, with a pre-output value of more than 20,000 catties, which can increase the annual income of the village collective by 300,000 yuan, and at the same time can solve 15 jobs. Zhang Junzhou, secretary of the party branch and director of the village committee of Zhangye Village, said.
In the next step, the village will focus on the development of the whole strawberry industry chain, further expand agricultural functions, increase the combination of agriculture, culture and tourism, and successively embed strawberry production elements into the functional chain of picking, sightseeing, leisure, and food, and develop new scene-based consumption such as strawberry + leisure, strawberry + flower appreciation, and strawberry + outing.