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The post-80s Huaiji new farmer Mao Nearly three: to create a new track for organic leek planting

"When you make money, you must return to farming." He is a new farmer who dares to use his avatar as a brand, and he pats his chest to assure consumers that all leek products of Guangdong Kunlong Leek King Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Kunlong Leek King") do not apply chemical fertilizers, do not spray pesticides, and 307 tests have no pesticide residues, which is a very safe organic food. He is the founder of Mao Jinsan, the king of Kunlong leeks, and a new farmer who grows organic leeks in Huaiji.

The post-80s Huaiji new farmer Mao Nearly three: to create a new track for organic leek planting

Landing in Huaiji, return to agriculture

Mao Jinsan is a post-80s born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, he has been starting his business since he was 19 years old, opening a hot pot city, a furniture factory, and a real estate sales...... The experience of more than a dozen different industries has allowed him to accumulate a certain amount of capital and experience, and it has also made him understand that to do his best and be the best in his career.

The post-80s Huaiji new farmer Mao Nearly three: to create a new track for organic leek planting

Mao Jinsan was in the ground.

The career is getting better and better, but the people around him are sick due to health problems, Mao Jinsan realizes how important health is to ordinary people, and the issue of food safety is the top priority. For this reason, he has a dream, when he makes money, he will definitely return to agriculture, so that more people can eat delicious and nutritious food.

On October 1, 2022, Mao Jinsan came to Huaiji County, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province. "I want to use science and technology and advanced methods to find a new path and good model based on agriculture to drive the comprehensive development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries, and hope to make the environment full of green waters and green mountains, and all beautiful countryside." Therefore, he decided to put down roots there and land in Huaiji to develop the agricultural industry.

The post-80s Huaiji new farmer Mao Nearly three: to create a new track for organic leek planting

Choose boldly, just do what you say

From an economic point of view, leeks can be harvested once every 20 days or so, with high yield and high nutritional value, which can not only be eaten as vegetables, but also processed into a variety of organic leek food, which greatly improves the economic value of organic leeks. However, at present, due to the difficulty of planting organic leeks, there are relatively few people involved in the organic leek industry chain in China.

At first, Mao Jinsan was also worried, "There are many leeks and insects, and if you don't spray pesticides for a few days, you will be harmed by pests such as leek maggots, and it is difficult to plant." When Mao Jinsan hesitated, he met Wang Daolong's team of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Wang Daolong's team introduced to Mao Jinsan that a variety of bio-organic fertilizer application technologies developed by the team have been applied for many years, which can improve the compacted soil, eliminate pests and diseases, eliminate soil heavy metals, balance the soil pH, do not apply chemical fertilizers and pesticides, no pesticide residues, and achieve high-quality, high-yield and stable yields through bio-organic fertilizer for different varieties of plants. This gave Mao Jinsan confidence, and the two sides immediately merged and chose organic leeks as an agricultural entrepreneurship project. To this end, Mao Jinsan shut down some industries and concentrated resources on planting organic leeks.

In January 2023, Mao Jinsan rented more than 200 acres of land in Lengkeng Town, Huaiji for experiments to improve the soil, and the local government attached great importance to it after learning about it. With the joint cooperation of many parties, the first organic leek base of Mao Jinsan was successfully landed.

The post-80s Huaiji new farmer Mao Nearly three: to create a new track for organic leek planting

Well-growing organic leeks.

But the whole planting improvement is not smooth sailing, after the first batch of leeks planted, in just over six months, the base experienced strong winds and floods, Mao Jinsan's relatives and friends do not understand or support this. In the face of many difficulties, Mao Jinsan has always been firm in his beliefs, overcoming all difficulties, and determined to do a good job in the organic leek project.

The post-80s Huaiji new farmer Mao Nearly three: to create a new track for organic leek planting

The trial was successful, and the future is promising

In June 2023, the first batch of green, tender and fresh organic leeks was finally harvested, and after testing by authoritative institutions, 307 items were found to be pesticide residue-free, and the organic leek certificate is also being converted. The news spread all of a sudden, and everyone rushed to tell each other that the organic leek experiment was successful. Mao Jinsan led the team to rent more than 700 acres of land in Huaiji to expand the organic leek planting area, and now has an organic leek planting base of about 1,000 acres in Huaiji.

The success of organic leek planting is the first step of the leek industry chain, how to improve the economic benefits of organic leeks, out of a road of agricultural industrialization is fundamental. By chance, Mao Jinsan met Zhou Yanxin, the dean of the research institute of Guangdong Moringa Jingu Biotechnology Co., Ltd., according to the characteristics of the leeks themselves, using advanced technology, she developed a series of selenium-rich organic leek foods: dumplings, salted steamed buns, soup dumplings, barbecued pork buns, bean curd, leek noodles, glutinous rice cakes, leek river shrimp paste, these products not only retain the nutrition and delicacy of leeks, but also ensure product quality and safety. In terms of production and deep processing, Guangdong Mr. Bao Food Co., Ltd. has given strong support and cooperation, the former researches products, and the latter mass produces and processes, so that the above selenium-rich organic leek foods are produced smoothly with high quality.

The post-80s Huaiji new farmer Mao Nearly three: to create a new track for organic leek planting

Dumplings with leeks.

"That's good." After Mao Jinsan's father tasted the organic leek dumplings, he had a relieved and proud smile on his face. At this moment, Mao Jinsan knew that he had chosen the right path. At present, Kunlong Leek King has in-depth cooperation with several large platforms and institutions such as Zhongtong, Yuantong, and Cainiao Post Station to jointly promote selenium-rich organic leek food.

This new foreign farmer who returned from entrepreneurship has also become the executive chairman of the Huaiji Green Agricultural and Sideline Products Industry Association because of his cultivation of organic leeks. In the next three years, Kunlong Leek Dawang plans to deploy across the country, plant more than 100,000 acres of organic leeks, realize the whole process of mechanization from planting to harvesting, and strive to achieve sales of more than 800 million yuan in 2025 to help rural revitalization.

Written by: Xu Yan and intern Zhang Amin