Source: People's Daily - Jiangxi Channel Original draft
Mushroom farmers busy picking shiitake mushrooms. Photo by Yu Huilin
People's Daily Nanchang, October 28 Recently, The mushrooms in Henglu Township, Wuning County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, ushered in a bumper harvest, and the base greenhouses were a busy scene, and mushroom farmers were busy picking shiitake mushrooms.
In recent years, Henglu Township, Wuning County, has adopted the model of "cooperative base peasant households" and vigorously developed the cultivation of shiitake mushrooms.
"Since I have a mushroom base in front of my home, I come every day to pick shiitake mushrooms and earn more than 2,000 yuan a month." Aunt Zhang, a nearby villager in her 60s, is proud of her job, "being able to take care of her grandchildren and earn money to support her family." Soon, her basket was filled with mushrooms picked.
Shiitake mushroom cultivation is a rich people's industry in Henglu Township, Wuning County, due to the short production cycle of shiitake mushrooms, fast results, and large demand for labor, not only for the surrounding masses, poverty alleviation households to provide nearby employment opportunities, but also to revitalize the use of idle land, bring economic benefits to the village collective, help rural revitalization. According to reports, the annual output of Gaotang mushroom base in Henglu Village is more than 1 million jin, and the annual sales volume is 3 million yuan, which can achieve an annual profit of about 300,000 yuan. (Qiu Ye, Yu Xinyan)
Shiitake mushrooms ushered in a bumper harvest. Photo by Yu Huilin