Amy Meiyu: the "leading goose" leading farmers to get rich

Recently, the author walked into the strawberry family farm in Hongqi Town, Fengcheng City, and there was a lively and extraordinary labor scene: more than 20 workers graded, bagged and boxed the strawberries that had just been picked. Amy Yu, the owner of the raspberry family farm, welcomed us warmly. "these are going to be sent to Harbin right away," she said. "there are too many orders, about 750 kilograms a day on average. I'm really a little too busy."

It is understood that the Berry Mei Family Farm was established in April 2015. there are 8 greenhouses, producing pure green organic strawberries, with an annual output of 56 tons, sales of 1.344 million yuan and a net profit of 400000 yuan. At the end of 2014, the registered trademark and green food certification applied for by Amy Meiyu passed the examination and approval. With its own brand and excellent quality, the wholesale price of Emiyu's strawberries reached 34 yuan per kilogram. It is exported to major supermarkets in Shenyang, Beijing and other places. Especially in recent years, with the rapid development of e-commerce, a new sales model has been born. Strawberry pictures and information are released through mobile Wechat moments, which breaks through the regional restrictions of dealers and extends the strawberry sales network to all parts of the country. The sales price reached 40 yuan per kilogram.

The good economic benefits of the strawberry family farm have greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of farmers to grow strawberries. According to statistics, the planting area of strawberries in the town has grown from 110mu in 2011 to 1700 mu by 2016, an increase of 15 times, and farmers' income has increased by 64 million yuan. Farmers have tasted the benefits of growing strawberries, thanks to Emiyu's free planting and management skills for strawberry growers, she always patiently solves the difficult problems raised by strawberry growers.

The growing scale of strawberry cultivation has also provided a large number of jobs for local farmers. She told us that during the peak season of strawberry sales, up to 60 people work here, and the people who come here are all local farmers, paying farmers 400000 yuan a year, and sending rice, noodles, oil and other condolences to each household at the end of the year.

Speaking of plans for the next step, Emiyu said that this autumn, she plans to further expand the scale of strawberry cultivation and invest 600000 yuan to build four new greenhouses, bringing the total number of greenhouses to 12 and creating eight new jobs. let Dandong green organic strawberries blossom and bear fruit all over the country.