One Farm a Day: Still staying in Sichuan, deeply in love with the people and fruit here
What fruit are we eating today? Yinhong plums. Yes, still plums, because Sichuan plums are the most famous.
In yesterday's article, many friends commented and asked me where they could buy them, saying "give me ten jin." Let me state first that I am only doing farm exposure for our hardworking farmers. If you want to buy, contact me on WeChat below, and I will give you the contact information of our farmer uncles. Many friends also told me that in our area it was 8 yuan per jin a few days ago, but in the past two days it suddenly dropped to 3 yuan per jin, and it will probably drop even more. But friends from out of town buy it at the market for 16 yuan per jin, a huge difference. So in the future, the old farmers may release and introduce even better products, acting as a bridge for everyone.
Alright, let's take a look at today's farm.
Today we have come to a Yinhong plum orchard.
It's too far to see clearly, so let's take some close-up shots:
See that? This is in a cornfield, not a sorghum field. Young and old all join in, picking the ripe plums one by one. As the editor, I found them really sour, so sour. Under the trees the weeds are overgrown too, making it very hard to walk.
They grow very unevenly, and many are still green and unripe. The farmers say this is very normal. They basically have to come to the field every day to pick some ripe plums, and every day a batch ripens.
It's so hot that even Little Hua wore shorts to the field. Surely someone is getting greedy, so let's have some close-ups to tempt you. The plum in the editor's hand:
Don't drool, even though it's really delicious.
But the farmers told us that the current farm-gate price is only 2 yuan per jin, and a day's picking yields about 100 jin. Labor costs are high, and in order to earn a bit more, the whole family turns out and they don't dare hire workers to pick. Otherwise they can't even recover the costs.
But the editor thinks good products should be spread widely. Now that logistics and the internet are so developed, we should adopt a sales concept of going directly to consumers. But farmers don't know how to use the internet or sell online, so local new farmers need to shoulder this responsibility and help fruit growers increase their income. I am Yo Zhuanjia, walking through rural farms and discovering high-quality agricultural products. My WeChat public account [yzj9191]