A few days ago, the reporter came to the Qiannongye Pepper Processing Factory in Banqiao Village, Jindingshan Town, Honghuagang District, and saw that a few sacks of fresh peppers had just arrived, and the workers moved the peppers off the car and poured them aside, carefully selected high-quality peppers, and then made sour peppers, and the scene was a hot and "spicy" scene.
"Now the pepper harvest, this time is very busy, a day to process seven or eight thousand catties, we have to process the peppers that day to process, sometimes to work overtime until 12 o'clock in the evening, because only the pepper fresh can ensure the quality." Luo Xiaotao, a worker in charge of chopping peppers and loading altars, said.
It is understood that in 2020, Hu Tianqiang, the person in charge of Qiannongye Pepper Processing Factory, took a fancy to the development prospects of pepper processing and opened a small workshop at his home to try to process peppers. In April this year, with the support of the two committees of the Banqiao Village Branch and old customers, Hu Tianqiang complied with the market demand, relied on the characteristic planting industry of pepper in Banqiao Village, built a pepper processing plant, continuously extended the industrial chain, realized the local processing of peppers, improved the added value of peppers, made the pepper industry more prosperous, and the villagers' income was more secure.
"At present, we mainly produce two products, sour pepper and pickled pepper, our products are zero additives, the taste is slightly spicy, slightly sour, fragrant, compared with other sour peppers, the saltiness is moderate, and more crisp, it is a very good appetizer." Hu Tianqiang said that after the establishment of the processing plant, the raw materials are purchased from the local area, which not only ensures that the raw materials are green and additive-free, but also solves the worries of local growers and protects the interests of the villagers to the greatest extent.
In order to ensure the quality of the product, the processing plant adopts the traditional fermentation method, dehydrates, chops and weighs the pepper after cleaning, and then adds the secret formula to fully stir, and then puts it into a large jar for fermentation, and after fermentation to a certain time, it is turned over and loaded into a small jar for fermentation. Hu Tianqiang told reporters: "After the production, all that remains is to turn the jar three times and wait, at least two and a half months of fermentation to make the sour pepper reach the best taste, and ensure that no air enters the jar, and the product has a shelf life of more than two years." ”
In terms of sales model, the processing plant mainly cooperates with hotels and restaurants inside and outside the province, mainly wholesale, and sells 10 yuan a catty, and the products are currently in short supply. Hu Tianqiang calculated the economic account and said: "Now the average daily sales are about 1,000 catties, and the net profit is expected to reach 200,000 yuan a year." ”
Small peppers, big industry. In recent years, based on the resource endowment, Banqiao Village has vigorously promoted the industrialization and scale of agriculture, and developed industries such as pepper, kiwifruit, and green-shell laying hens. Now more than 1,000 acres of peppers and more than 1,000 acres of kiwifruit are planted, about 20,000 green-shell laying hens are raised, and the collective income of the village is about 150,000 yuan, which effectively drives the masses to increase their income and get rich, and helps rural revitalization.
"After the completion of the pepper processing plant, it helped our village to collectively revitalize the fixed assets, drive the villagers to plant peppers, solve the employment problem of more than 20 nearby villagers, increase the income of the villagers, and achieve an average household income increase of more than 2,000 yuan." Fu Xiaoyu, deputy director of the Banqiao Village Committee, said that next, Banqiao Village will be based on the current situation of industrial development, actively explore the road of industrial expansion, seek industrial deep processing paths, improve industrial value, and realize industrial prosperity and people's income.
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Editor: He Zujia