Lentinus edodes supports the big dream of starting a business.

Chang Ali is checking the quality of Lentinus edodes.

Chang Ali is instructing mushroom farmers to manage shiitake mushrooms.

The members of the cooperative are sorting the mushroom stalks.

Chang Aili, a native of Xiaguan Town, Neixiang County, moved south to work at the age of 18. His experience of working in Shuanghui in 2008 changed the course of his life. Later, Chang Ali resigned and returned to his hometown and began to grow bag mushrooms.

The good planting environment and excellent technology make the shiitake mushrooms planted by Chang A Li smoothly enter the procurement system of Shuanghui, but the planting capacity of one person is limited after all. In order to benefit more villagers, Chang A Li set up a professional cooperative in 2010 to provide free raw materials and planting technology to the villagers, and to buy members of Lentinus edodes at a price 5% higher than the market price. He also promoted local products such as shiitake mushrooms in his hometown through the Internet, and cooperated with Alibaba to develop e-commerce business.

At present, the cooperative already has more than 1200 members, and its sales this year will exceed 60 million yuan, becoming the county's "top seller of shiitake mushrooms", and has been listed as a supply strategic partner by domestic well-known enterprises such as Shuanghui, yearning, and KFC.