Huimao cherry tomatoes face abandonment of harvest, urgent need to break the deadlock
Editor's note: Uncle Huimao made up his mind to switch to growing pesticide-free tomatoes, but in the first year the fruit was still in transition, so the sweetness fell slightly short of before - though the pesticide-free healthiness and sincerity were both 100%. The farmer originally wanted to abandon the harvest, but a friend thought it was a pity, so we want to help the farmer ship it out: a large box of 20 jin of tomatoes, shipping included, is only 1000 yuan. Interested friends please contact: Ms. Chen [email protected] , phone: 0920-330-130
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1/4 announcement: Huge, huge thanks to friends from all directions who want to buy - Huimao's harvest pace can't keep up with shipping. Because this rented plot will be returned to the landlord before the end of the month, we can only harvest for about two weeks. People who have already received theirs immediately ordered more, but there isn't even enough for them, so we will notify everyone one by one in the order of the comments. We may not be able to get his tomatoes into your hands this time, but he has received all your goodwill. Huimao doesn't want people to think he's pitiful; I said, you aren't tragic - everyone buying just shows our support for your care, right!
I will organize all your encouraging letters for him. To friends we couldn't reach, if you are willing to wait for the next harvest so he can make up for this period's losses, my office colleagues and I will still keep handling the order contacts. Friends who haven't acted yet - hey, I can only say sorry to you, and you're welcome to remember to find me when the next season's harvest comes.
1/3 note: Thanks to the many friends who called and left comments to order over these two days. Huimao went out to the field today and seriously started harvesting. He said he will report back to me how much he harvests each day, and my colleagues and I will be responsible for contacting each of you and notifying you of the shipping time. Huimao keeps worrying that he hasn't grown them well enough and that he's letting buyers down. Huimao's wife kept saying, who on earth keeps badmouthing their own tomatoes as not tasty? I like this kind of down-to-earth honesty in Taiwanese farmers. This may not be Huimao's most satisfactory harvest, but thank you all for your support and goodwill.
Huimao has already started planting tomato seedlings in a new field. Best wishes that he can earn it back in the new season. If you're satisfied with the product, remember to look him up next growing season!
Attending the Farmers' Academy not only taught me agricultural knowledge, but also let me meet heroes and good folks from all sides. The classmates in the biopesticide and biofertilizer class, whether or not they are committed to organic farming, all want their crops to be healthy and free from the shadow of pesticide residues. A class of 40 classmates studied together for 10 days, chatting about everything under the sun at night, all sharing experience in crop cultivation. Farmers, it seems, open their hearts and make friends more easily than people in other professions. So when I first heard at a classmate gathering in Yunlin that Huimao was abandoning his cherry tomato harvest, I was very sorry to hear it. Ignoring the lavish roasted sweet potatoes and entertainment program prepared by the Sweet Potato King, everyone decided to drive to Minxiong, Chiayi, to see Huimao's abandoned tomato field.
Dear friends, how embarrassing - I mislabeled cherry tomatoes as Jade Girl tomatoes. That really wasn't professional enough. I hereby correct it and apologize; the error in the article has been fixed. Sorry about that.