Replanting organic tea to become a model for father and son to inherit sustainable land

S: "Hello, everyone. I'm Xu Shimeng. I've been making organic tea for 25 years."

Standard 1: organic tea trees are harvesting in the morning light of the countryside in early summer.

OS: in the soft morning light of early summer, driving through the dirt and gravel path, a whole green organic tea garden comes into view, and the tea trees are stretching their luxuriant branches and leaves in the clear air far away from the hustle and bustle. Here is Miaoli, leaning against the mountains and water. it is now the harvest season of Oriental Beauty Tea. The tea workers skillfully twist the two leaves of the treetops. After the bite of the small green leafhopper, each petal is full of fragrant sweetness, and the tea farmers adhere to the original intention of organic.

Standard 2: influenced by the father when he was young, the organic concept was in its infancy.

OS: the reason why I started to be organic is because of the influence of Boss Xu's father.

Mr. Xu Shicheng, owner of Rixin Tea Garden, said: "at home at that time, my father and Grandpa had more than 100 water pears, because the water pears often had to be sprayed, and we used to help pull the medicine tube after school, so I was quite resistant to pesticides. "

OS: so when the soldier came back, Boss Xu cut down all the water pear trees in his family and planted organic tea instead. This kind of tea has been planted for 25 years. He told us that because the first victim of spraying pesticides is the farmers themselves, apart from their own exposure to pesticides, the soil will not be acidified and deteriorated, leaving healthy land for the next generation to use.

Standard 3: it is meaningful to implement the purchase with many difficulties.

OS: boss Xu proudly told us that he used natural fertilizer to take care of tea trees, such as covering newly planted tea trees with peanut husk, rice husk or awn grass, so that the seedlings would not be exposed to the sun for a long time and keep the soil moist. This is the wisdom of the previous generation, and now Boss Xu has passed it on to his son Xu Yuren.

Mr. Xu Yuren, the son of the owner of Rixin Tea Garden, said: "non-toxic, it is mutually beneficial and symbiotic to the whole environment. I will not say that I destroy the whole ecology in order to earn this money." "

OS: however, the road to the implementation of the organic farming law is not so smooth. A large amount of time and labor is invested, and the tea-making processes such as planting, picking, withering, stir-frying, kneading and baking follow the ancient method, and everything is not careless. However, it is often compared with the tea leaves under the usual agricultural law, which is suspected of not having enough aroma, but the price is higher, so it is always difficult to strike a balance between production and marketing.

Mr. Xu Shicheng, owner of Rixin Tea Garden, said: "qu is high and low, it is very good to listen, but there are very few people who can understand and need to listen." It's the same with being organic. People think it's OK and good to be organic, but very few people will agree with or buy organic. "

OS: even so, Boss Xu never gave up, and his son Xu Yuren was determined to take over the family business and let his father's organic tea garden move forward for the next 25 years. They want more people to understand that the meaning behind buying organic is not only non-toxic and healthy, but also to support small farmers and be friendly to the land we live in.

Standard 4: still look forward to the future harvest after a long journey

OS: boss Xu's organic tea garden was officially certified as a demonstration site for organic farmers in 1989, but even after many people came to watch, very few tea farmers were willing to turn into organic tea farmers.

Mr. Xu Shicheng, owner of Rixin Tea Garden, said, "that is to say, after watching us do organic, people are not interested in this because it takes time and labor, and the most important thing is that your products may not sell well." Because organic, it cannot see results in three, five, or ten years. "

OS: even so, Boss Xu is willing to take a long view. He knows that organic is a long-term road, symbiotic with the environment and responsible for the health of himself or others. Someone must adhere to this path, and his son has the same consciousness as he does.

Standard 5: worms and songbirds have come back and look forward to the continuation of you and me.

OS: standing in a tea garden sprinkled with golden sun, surrounded by an endless stream of insects and birds, the organic tea garden is like a small ecological pool. Insects and small animals live peacefully with tea trees. They are a beautiful picture of mutually beneficial symbiosis in this land, hoping that through everyone's support for organic, generation after generation can continue.

Mr. Xu Shisheng, owner of Rixin Tea Garden, said, "We should make more people have access to healthy and safe food." "

Mr. Xu Yuren, the son of the owner of Rixin Tea Garden, said, "I hope to continue the organic things." "