Take a look at the "ant vegetable garden" at the Agricultural Fair.

At the 2011 Agricultural industrialization Fair in Anhui (Hefei), China, which will kick off on Friday, citizens can see more than 100jin of watermelons, fried chili peppers with a thousand times capsaicin content, and special-shaped ornamental pumpkins of different shapes. you can also see the new achievements of "Ant vegetable Garden" in the exhibition area of fresh agricultural products.

What is an ant garden? According to Li Jun, deputy director of the planting Bureau of the Municipal Committee of Agriculture, Ant vegetable Garden is a new way of cooperation developed by Li Xiangmei Science and Technology Cooperative in the first half of this year. At present, it already has more than 170 members, unlike Happy vegetable Garden. Citizens and farmers do not have to grow their own, as long as they order vegetables according to their own needs. "for example, if I don't need pesticides, they will send the grown vegetables to the members' homes." In addition, if members want to grow their own, the cooperative will also provide technology and seeds free of charge. "more than a dozen kinds of cabbages will be displayed in the ant garden, which can be seen by the citizens. The most important thing is to introduce this new mode of cooperation to the public. "

The reporter saw on the website of "Little Ant Citizen vegetable Garden" that the concept of ant vegetable garden is to change the traditional sales model of farmers, middlemen, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers, so as to provide direct sales from production bases to small ant members. A wide variety of crops are planted, with harvesting periods from January to December, and members can choose by themselves.

It is understood that the exhibition area of fresh agricultural products is 6 meters long and 4 meters wide and is divided into three floors. Citizens can see flower-peeled watermelons, health vegetables and so on.

(Mao Chen, reporter of this newspaper, Yang Dan)