Xinghuo Township, Lanxi County, Heilongjiang Province: "Little Mushroom" holds up "Rich Umbrella"

Recently, the author came to Xinsheng Village, Xinsheng Village, Xinghuo Township, Lanxi County, a professional cooperative for the cultivation of edible fungi. As soon as we entered the Pleurotus ostreatus planting greenhouse, the intoxicating fragrance came, and the bags of mushroom bags were covered with fresh mushrooms at both ends, and the mushroom farmers who picked the mushrooms were filled with happy smiles.

Edible mushroom industry is a key poverty alleviation industry in Xinghuo Township. In accordance with the requirements of precise poverty alleviation, this year, Xinghuo Township regards the edible mushroom industry as the first major industry in developing modern agriculture to increase farmers' income, striving to create an economy with one village, one product, and truly allowing small mushrooms to hold up "rich umbrellas."

Hongsheng Edible Mushroom planting Cooperative in Xinsheng Village, Xinsheng Township, Xinsheng Township, was established in May 2015. at present, the cooperative has invested more than 6 million yuan, built 40 standardized mushroom greenhouses, planted 900000 bags of Pleurotus ostreatus and Lentinus edodes, with an annual output of 950t of edible mushrooms. the main products are mushrooms and other mushrooms, which are sold by order and sold to Harbin, Anda, Daqing and other fruit and vegetable wholesale markets all the year round. It can achieve an output value of more than 6 million yuan and a net benefit of more than 600,000 yuan.

"Last year, I planted 40,000 bags of Pleurotus ostreatus, produced about 16 tons, with a total income of more than 40,000 yuan. I also raised more than 70 pigs and planted more than 100 mu of corn. I grew corn when I was busy, and I raised pigs and mushrooms when I was idle. I earned 170,000 or 80,000 yuan this year." Jin Mingjun, a member of the cooperative, said happily.

"when you get rich, you can't forget the villagers." This is a phrase often uttered by Li Hongsheng, director of the cooperative. Since the establishment of the cooperative, he has constantly mobilized the rural masses around him to join the cooperative and lead them to become rich together. Not only that, he has other ways to help farmers increase their income.

"our cooperative now has 21 farmers joining the cooperative, and at the same time drives 15 farmers around them to grow edible mushrooms. The cooperative provides free greenhouse of edible mushrooms and technical services and guidance for farmers to help them sell finished mushrooms. Now the annual income of each peasant household can be more than 30,000 yuan. At the same time, our cooperative also employs more than 100 rural women to work in the cooperative to pack bacterial bags and pick mushrooms for our cooperative. In March and April, each woman in the cooperative has an income of more than 200 yuan per day. Over the past year, each migrant worker will have an average income of more than 20,000 yuan. " Li Hongsheng, chairman of the cooperative, introduced it to the author.

Led by Li Hongsheng, farmers who join cooperatives have channels to increase their income, and as he is now speaking, how to make the edible mushroom industry bigger and stronger and lead more people to the road of getting rich is the most important thing at present.

"next year, I plan to invest 5 million to build an edible fungus ready-to-eat food processing plant, build a steel frame factory of 3000 square meters and a cold storage of 500m3, continue to expand the planting area, and at the same time attract 60 neighboring farmers to join the commune, so as to drive everyone to increase their income and become rich." Speaking of his plans for the future, Li Hongsheng, chairman of the cooperative, had a happy smile on his simple face.

In Lanxi County, many mushroom growers like Li Hongsheng have increased production and income. Up to now, there are more than 300 edible mushroom growers in the county, mainly Pleurotus ostreatus, Lentinus edodes, Pleurotus ostreatus and Pleurotus ostreatus, with an annual output of about 1500 tons and an output value of more than 2000 million yuan.