Right now, it's the season when wolfberry sprouts are on the market in large quantities. Recently, in the wolfberry sprout planting base in Guangrong Village, the villagers are busy picking fresh shoots, and they are filled with the joy of harvest. The picked wolfberry sprouts were quickly transported to the production workshop for processing on the same day, and then sent to various provinces and cities after sorting, cleaning, blanching and other processes.
Walking into the wolfberry sprouts picking base in Guangrong Village, Hongguang Town, the continuous wolfberry sprouts are lush and green, and the villagers shuttle between them, leaning over to quickly pinch off the tender part of the top of the wolfberry sprouts and put them into the foot frame. Goji bud is also known as wolfberry head, that is, the bud and shoot of wolfberry, wolfberry bud is steamed, blanched or fried, accompanied by condiments, is a delicious cold dish. Due to the strong ability of drought resistance, cold resistance, salt and alkali resistance, barren and thin resistance, and super adaptability, wolfberry sprouts can also be used for sand control and transformation of saline-alkali land.
In 2020, Hongguang Town attracted investment through preliminary inspection, introduced food processing professional cooperatives, and began to develop a wolfberry sprout industry suitable for the local soil properties and climate in Guangrong Village. "This year's picking time is April 28th, the picking period is basically five to six months, part of the fresh vegetables into the market, part of the processing into frozen prefabricated dishes, the yield per mu is expected to be about 2,200 catties." Wang Ning, head of Ningxia Green Century Agricultural Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd., introduced.
Goji berry sprouts are a labor-intensive industry, and May is the peak picking season at the base. Due to the proximity to the warm spring area of Helan Industrial Park and towns, most of the young and middle-aged workers in Guangrong Village choose to go out to work, leaving women and lonely elderly people at home, and the picking base in front of them has become the best choice for them to work. 66-year-old Ma Yunying and 68-year-old Wang Kefu are good partners in the field, there are 5 grandchildren who are studying at home, so Ma Yunying always tries to earn some pocket money to subsidize the family and save some pocket money for the children. This year, at her recommendation, Wang Kefu also joined the "picking army": "I came here to work this year, and I can earn 150 to 200 yuan a day, which can subsidize my family." ”
"Our employment this year is 2/3 more than last year's, and now there are 200 to 300 people every day, basically all of them are villagers in Guangrong Village, 50 to 60 years old, and it is estimated that this year's salary will be about 4.8 million yuan." Wang Ning told reporters.
In order to better let the villagers taste the sweetness of the extension of the industrial chain and the expansion of industrial functions, in addition to the original picking base and processing workshop, this year the wolfberry sprouts industry chain has added 4 seedling greenhouses and a new processing production line. "In the past, I planted the dry branches of the straw, which was a little slower, and I only had income the next year. Now the seedling inserted, its root system is more developed, this year after inserting it next year will be in full production, after this set of equipment, can greatly improve our work efficiency, product quality, now the production capacity can reach up to 50,000 catties per day. Wang Ning introduced, fresh and tender green wolfberry sprouts from the ground will be picked from the ground for the first time will be sent to the nearby processing workshop to make quick-frozen prefabricated vegetable products, the company sells about 1,000 tons of wolfberry sprouts every year, mainly sold to Shenzhen, Beijing, Guangzhou and other places.