Under the forest, 'gold grows'; in Guangchang, Jiangxi,' small mushrooms' emerge as a 'big industry' to enrich the people

At present, it is the mushroom picking season. Recently, approaching the edible mushroom planting base in Dazhu Village, Tangfang Town, Guangchang County, Jiangxi Province, workers are busy picking, grading, and packaging tea tree mushrooms. Xu Hongliang, the secretary of the Dazhu Village Party Branch, looked at the tea tree mushrooms growing vigorously everywhere, with a smile on his face.

In recent years, Tangfang Town has vigorously developed the "understory economy" according to local conditions, relying on the excellent forest resources in the area, borrowing "green" to generate gold, and vigorously developing the understory tea tree mushroom planting industry, achieving a magnificent transformation of edible mushrooms from one crop to multiple crop rotation. "Small mushrooms" have grown into a "big industry" that enriches the people.

My family lives nearby, and working here is not tiring and can earn money. The most important thing is that I can also take care of my family, "said a villager from Dazhu Village who works in the mushroom base. Working in the edible mushroom base is a win-win situation, as it can increase my income by more than 1000 yuan per month, which is enough to subsidize my family.

According to Xu Hongliang, the base has planted more than 600 acres of edible mushrooms under the forest, adopting a "company+base+farmers" model of operation. Through the mediation of the county party committee's united front work department, the base has introduced high-quality edible mushroom strains provided by experts in the mushroom industry, and the experts have provided technical guidance to help growers become wealthy and increase their income. We have signed sales cooperation agreements with leading enterprises in the agricultural product industry, allowing growers to plant with peace of mind as long as the quality of mushrooms is good and there is no problem with sales

At present, the edible mushroom planting base under the forest in Dazhu Village can harvest 7 batches per year, with a total output of 3000 kilograms expected this year and a revenue of up to 210000 yuan. The base has driven flexible employment for 30 surrounding villagers and increased the collective economic income of the village by more than 60000 yuan.

In recent years, Guangchang County has actively leveraged its advantages in united front work, guided representatives of the non-public economy to actively integrate into the rural revitalization strategy, and actively participated in the "Ten Thousand Enterprises Revitalizing Ten Thousand Villages" action. Relying on Guangchang's good ecological and forest resource advantages, it has developed characteristic industries of agroforestry according to local conditions.

Nowadays, "understory planting, understory breeding, understory product collection and processing, and forest landscape utilization" have achieved significant results in Guangchang. As of now, the planting area of understory economy in Guangchang County has reached 161000 mu, and the annual comprehensive output value of understory economy exceeds 600 million yuan. A beautiful picture of rural revitalization is slowly unfolding, depicting the prosperity of agriculture, the prosperity of farmers, and the beauty of rural areas.