source: Qilu Evening News
"Ji'nan farmer" and other volunteers' long visit to agriculture (data map)
the second Ji'nan farmer's City Collection (data map)
"raising chicken grain in the field of hope, a piece of winter wheat sorghum, ten li lotus pond fruit fragrance," this has always been the dream of the farmer "farmer" in the farmer's market. After more than two years of effort, he and other city volunteers have made the dream come to fruition through the security of the city's dining table through the grassroots farmer's market and happy farm.
[b] faltering start up grass roots self - group [/b]
"Ji'nan farmer" is the name of micro-blog, self - introduction is "a kicked farmer", facing reporters but not willing to disclose their real name. After nearly 20 years of computer and Internet work, he gradually became interested in green food and ecological agriculture. After the "baptism" of the major food problems such as melamine, lean meat and other major food problems, the family has children who feel helpless. Through QQ group and micro-blog, a group of farmers and consumers who are keen on food safety have formed a fixed circle to find or buy safe and safe food together.
"the pattern of farmers' community support for agriculture and consumers to participate in certification of farmers was rising in Beijing and Shanghai, and we have also been tracked." After nearly a year's preparations, the first Ji'nan farmers market began to stagger. On New Year's day in 2012, "Ji'nan farmer" and other volunteers were successful in the new village of the new village. In the market, the public can buy the original ecological agricultural products, such as black Turkey, self - brewed wine, handmade pastry, pure honey and so on.
the dream is very full, the reality is very bone. It is not easy for the market to continue to organize. The second peasant market has been held for a whole year. "Inadequate sales and unpopularity will create negative emotions for small and medium-sized farmers who participate in the market."
at present, the farmers market has been held for five consecutive years. Troubled by "Ji'nan farmers", there are also problems such as site coordination, household visits, daily sales channels development, personnel and so on. "For example, personnel problems, because the market is not yet officially registered, is still a temporary public interest organization. It is far from enough for organizations to rely entirely on staff, college students and other volunteers to participate in market work only five or six. "The farmer in Ji'nan" regrets. At present, the biggest problem is the field. "Before the fifth session of the market opened, because of the shortage of partners, the market can only be adjusted to a mini market, and many farmers share the booth." One of the most important routine work of
[b] on a visit to the rural area of [/b]
farmer's city is to visit the farmers, the domestic friends and the agricultural organizations. Leisure time outside work is not on the market or on the way to agriculture. " "The Ji'nan farmer" teases. Starting from the peasant market in 2011, more than two years later, the "Ji'nan farmer" footprint almost traveled all over the province. There are 29 year old college students who have been unsuitable white collar workers in the visit, the city housewife on the Yellow River beach, and the young deaf and dumb people who breed black pigs in Laiwu...
"I'm excited to know where there are small and medium-sized ecological farms, and start driving." "Ji'nan farmers" and other volunteers sometimes visit one or two families a week, and they can reach a Thursday house when they are many. "Visited the southern Ji'nan mountain area, Laiwu, Zhangqiu, Gaotang, Weifang and other places breeding base, as well as a number of national agricultural products traceability base." "Ji'nan farmers" said that they had also been to Shanghai good fruit farm, Anhui vanilla farm and so on. His friend Shi Weihua said that the mileage of more than 20 thousand kilometers a year is a visit to agriculture. Many farming and breeding bases are located in relatively remote areas. They go to the mountains and go to the countryside. Because there is no source of funding, all the surveys are voluntary. "
" mainly investigates the cultivation methods and control measures of farmers or bases. If we do not fight pesticides, we should use them to prevent pests. "Ji'nan farmer" explains that only when we see how the agricultural products grow, can we be assured to sell them on the market.
"small and medium-sized farmers who are really engaged in ecological cultivation around Ji'nan are few," he admitted. Even now, the small and medium-sized farmers who are engaged in ecological farming are also facing the problem of market sales. Because of the high requirements of the ecological agricultural technology and high production cost, the small farmers' marketing channels are narrow, and they should also take into account the market development, storage and transportation and so on. "This requires small farmers to be knowledgeable, but in fact it is unrealistic. So we need a shared platform like a farmer's market or association to support it.
[b] will set up a farmer's market in the future: [/b]
"opening up wasteland to the south, keeping the clumsy to the garden" is the dream of many urban people. This kind of traditional farmhouse small courtyard "pastoral dream", which is one mu, three points, and I have cultivated for you, can not be the best answer to seek food safety.
"I hope to do a good job in the farmers market, and can cooperate with the small and medium-sized ecological farmers to deliver safe and delicious food to the table of thousands of households. Together to find the dishes with vegetables, meat and meat taste, as well as the blue sky in a small time! "" Ji'nan farmer "said that it is not a dream, rather than a love, because love and" knock ".
on the one hand is the desire to eat healthy and safe agricultural products, on the one hand is the high price of green or organic food. The food prices in the organic food store are scary. How to let the public eat healthy, safe and affordable agricultural products is a very thoughtful thing for the "Ji'nan farmer".
in order to create more sales channels for small and medium-sized ecological farmers, they also set up Taobao stores and set up market experience entity stores. "The next step is to set up a market for farmers. After all, shooting a gun and changing a place is not a permanent solution." The "Ji'nan farmer" explains that the market collection is an effective supplement to the farmer's market or the main supply channel for the ecological agricultural products in the future. The market itself and the experience store will play more interactive, experience and introduce the role of ecological agricultural products.