Yuanfu Rice Field: a model of leisure agriculture

This summer, in order to enrich my summer life, I signed up to join the Xunmei Social Practice Team of Hubei Second Normal University and came to Huangmei County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province, a beautiful and life-rich county. . We usually work in a community near here. On weekends, we will go out together to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Huangmei County. This weekend, the team leader organized us to visit Yuanfu Rice Field, a famous scenic spot here.

Surrounded by mountains on three sides, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, singing birds and fragrant flowers, and fluttering egrets, this was my first impression of Yuanfu Rice Field. Taking a breath of air to refresh and nourish the lungs, I unconsciously closed my eyes and opened my arms to embrace this land. Open your eyes again and look from a distance. The vast green rice fields are like the paintings of a farmer uncle, which makes people feel relaxed and happy. When you look closer, you can see that the rice ears are plump and there are many shelducks in the fields. After understanding it, I realized that this is a new planting model in Yuanfu’s rice fields. In order to grow high-quality rice, the founder adopted the "duck rice cultivation" model, so that no chemical fertilizers were used, and all organic fertilizers were used. The founder took another deviant approach and changed the two-crop-a-year system to one-crop a year. Coupled with the high-quality water source here, the rice grown here has a bright color, a soft and glutinous taste, and is of better quality than other rice on the market, laying a solid foundation for the success. There is a vast market, so the price of rice from Yuanfu Rice Field is much higher than other rice on the market. Higher investment also brings higher returns.

However, the founder of Yuanfu Rice Field stands tall and sees far, and his plans for the future go far beyond that. In addition to bringing profits through agriculture, they also operate a processing industry. Part of the rice they produce is sold on the market, and the other part is deeply processed to make rice wine, rice vinegar, rice milk, facial masks and other high value-added products. products. These products are also particularly popular among consumers and sell well. In addition, they will also use some self-media to produce promotional videos for marketing to enhance their visibility, thereby expanding the market and increasing sales.

Do you think this is the vision of this entrepreneur who resigned from a foreign company executive and became a "farmer"? No! Of course not! Yuanfu Rice Field also operates a service industry in addition to agriculture and processing industries. , dining, entertainment, accommodation... In addition to the stunning rice field tables, there is also a train named the Watcher. On the train here, we can taste the local specialties of Huangmei, such as steamed pork with rice noodles, teppanyaki barbecue, and griddle pot soil... Now that I think about it, I still have endless aftertaste. Of course, the must-have is - a bowl of rice, which has a soft and glutinous texture and a rich rice aroma. It goes well with any food. There are also Internet celebrity glass houses, fairy tale-like triangular wooden houses, and dreamy starry sky tents in the fields. The B&B here gives people a "paradise"-like feeling. Lying on the bed and looking out the window, the fatigue and worries of the day are left behind. In addition, there are rice field barbecue, music pub, dream garden... a series of entertainment venues to relax yourself.

The days are slow and life is sweet. The poetic and picturesque life in the Yuanfu rice fields attracts many tourists from far and wide. Although it is located in a small county, the development potential of Yuanfu Rice Field is unlimited. We scratch the surface and delve deeper into the secrets of Yuan Fu’s success. It is not difficult to find that Yuanfu Rice Field is based on agricultural production, develops processing industry, vigorously develops tourism, and at the same time drives the rise and development of the service industry. After visiting the Yuanfu rice fields, I not only felt the comfort of rural life, but also increased my knowledge. This agricultural development model points out the direction for the development of traditional agriculture and sets a model for supporting agriculture, poverty alleviation, and rural revitalization. Under the current new situation of assisting the development of agriculture and rural areas, we should actively explore new roads, innovate new models, practice in depth, and dare to practice

Correspondent Fan Zihao