Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Gently changing local: fuping in Quzhou

Deep thought of Wu Yanfei, and 5 friends initiated the establishment of the "Quzhou fuping Volunteers Association" (hereinafter referred to as FDI Association) in just over 4 months quickly attracted more than 280 volunteers, including core members for the dance team of female cadres in Quzhou city.

Wu Yanfei, often to protect the health and safety of women in the family table burden, faced with an endless stream of food safety crises, they must not hesitate to act.
As fuping volunteers, they believe, only to rebuild trust, buy food and vegetables sides become friends, play less to eat no chemical fertilizers, pesticides, even pesticides eco-agricultural products, "We hope to women's soft power, changes local. "Nothing changes really late! ”


More stones fan Qi XI Zhen Ling village, kaihua County, is the largest paddy field area in the village. Although it is summer, but still windy, cool and pleasant.

62 agricultural members in the village Fang Yulong, every day to make their way through this piece of green paddy fields, focus observe the growth of two plots: one is its own 2 acres of rice fields, another family is Green State farms 25 acres of rice fields.

From afar, line is very clear – surrounded by a deep, dark green, only green, State Farm's rice paddies, green light.

Walk into the Ridge through the rice plants, compared to more obvious.
Green State farm the paddy field, clear, infested with frogs from time to time, while the surrounding paddy fields not only pollution, eutrophication, filled with moss-green algae.
Is one place, very different from why? Because pesticides and fertilizers.

Fang Yulong revealed that State farm is organic fertilizer of green, never used chemical fertilizers and glyphosate (herbicide), so far with only two "double low" pesticides, and farmers around the casual use of pesticides and fertilizers, "excessive eutrophication is a good fertilizer in paddy fields. ”

"But these days do not have less fertilizer, pesticide, really can you? "Fang Yulong does not pretend he had doubts.

"Not to say low yield, too much for a labor costs alone. "Fang Yulong says, fewer and fewer farm labour in the village now, using chemical fertilizers and pesticides for hooking," a bag of ' glyphosate ' only 1 dollar, one weed can be completed within hours, some time ago we Green State Farm hand weeding and employed 6 farmers spent 3 days, pay 100 yuan per person per day. ”

"Farmers are very realistic, to persuade them to have to be able to make money. "Fang Yulong admitted their and many of the villagers had to wait green State Farm's future.
Transition appears in Wu Yanfei and fuping volunteers bring, "reassured". They will write a "love all the raised green agricultural demonstration base" sign in the Green State farm fields, are committed to reasonable prices, buying up farms to grow rice.

"To let the farmers ' worry-free without looking back, they will change according to consumer demand production. "Each Ling Wu Yanfei in the village did not forget to" ecological evangelization ":" short term, the development of eco-agriculture in green if costs were higher than in General agriculture, including environmental costs, health costs, is it? ”
"Agricultural chemical, is dissolving human hunger, escorting food safety tool, is also a double-edged sword affecting the environment handle. "Wu Yanfei cited opinions from the rural development Institute of Chinese Academy of social sciences recently released Green Paper on rural.

The study revealed that since in the 1980 of the 20th century, China has achieved remarkable results in agricultural production, however, for a large number of chemical inputs for agricultural production, caused a great deal of pressure on land and water resources, so that it has long been "denied" State, but also its increasingly serious pollution, and also on the quality and safety of agricultural products and the country pose a threat to consumers ' health.

The rural green paper that, 10 years, growth in China's chemical fertilizer application 25.8%. The last 9 years, growth in China's pesticide use 23.43%. Internationally recognized safety limit of fertilization is 225 kilograms per hectare, compared with China's average 1.61 times times the intensity of fertilizer is the standard. Despite China's arable land is not cultivated land in the world with a total area of 10%, 1/3 of the total fertilizer close to the world, has become the main cause of agricultural non-point source pollution.

In fact, Ling villagers know pesticides and chemical fertilizers in the "primitive." Local native white corn and ginger, unique taste, well known village in the 90 's of the last century pesticides and chemical fertilizers in the ridge to become more available, declining soil fertility, pests increase native white corn and Ginger survival difficult, now nearly extinct, is endangered.

"Nothing changes really late! "Ling Zhang Wenfu, the village party branch Secretary in the distress, he will set up family farm green States see as a belated self-examination and save themselves," 10 years ago, I have been selling pesticides and chemical fertilizers, and now I'd like frogs and snakes in the childhood back...... "
"Do have good food goods"


Promoting the Green agriculture state farm changes, just "fuping volunteer" operations of Quzhou, to sow the seed.

"' Fuping, ' the meaning of wealth, peace, metaphor, ' pro-poor + safe food ' concept. "As the nongban Director, Office of poverty alleviation and development in Quzhou city, Wu Yanfei words always talk shop.

Engaged in poverty alleviation work for 10 years, Wu Yanfei has been thinking about how to break the traditional poor "Government hot-cold, weak society, market" limitations of building "everyone, everyone, everyone is willing to be" open new patterns of poverty.

Wu Yanfei launched Association of fuping, precisely in order to explore ways to mobilize civil common wealth organization, try to build a combination of Government and social forces, called "food goods" through the market, participation in the precision for poverty alleviation.

3 years ago, Wu Yanfei airlines BU Zhen Wan Chuan village, Kecheng district met a man named Chen Diquan policy holders. Chen suffers from diseases of the legs, skinny, cannot go out to work, the wife is the intellectual secondary disabilities, little girls primary school, a crowded mud walls on three sides and side Gables cottage.

Chen Diquan later determined to select the sheep, from the Municipal Finance Bureau in agricultural means of Dong Jie bet: "your sheep, we will help you to sell. ”

2014 Spring Festival, Chen Diquan stocking first nature, do not feed feed sheep grew up, Wu Yanfei and Dong Jie in the circle of friends helping Chen to sell sheep Springs, "some say the quality is good, not kongkouwuping, preferably authoritative test report. "In the face of doubts, Wu Yanfei, entry-exit Quarantine Bureau Director Ye Youbiao, my ancestors, commissioned tests.

Results showed that samples of the indicators are exported Japan lamb standards, even the leaves are surprised, such good mutton is only 40 Yuan per kg (gross weight).
Chen Diquan ecological lamb so red.

3 years ago, Chen Diquan said he is unlikely to build a house in my life; 3 years later, he was excited to invite Wu Yanfei and Dong Jie for his new House.

3 years ago, Chen Diquan people dare not speak, he said he was a useless person; after 3 years, he dared to speak loudly, and "the new year can buy what they wanted to buy."
Confident smile whenever I see more than 60 years old Chen Diquan, Wu Yanfei will feel the meaning of mission, the story also gave her a new revelation:

Poverty may be sick, maybe high mountains far, they have no money, information, transport, technical conditions, but they have engaged in refining ecological agriculture advantage. Just give them confidence, helping them fill long sell short Board, help them find people who like eco-agricultural products, you can achieve the poverty.

Emerge fuping Association, they play such a bridge. Connecting thousands of low-income farmers, connecting volunteers willing to love spending.

Longyou Xikou red youth Lei Jin Luo are patients with uremia, couldn't find a job after graduating from University, he attempted to do so derivative sold eggs, but without success. In March this year accept help from fuping Association, began raising chickens, volunteers are not only "Thunder chicken" consumers, but also his salesmen and promoters. Through letters and volunteer assistance, Lei Jin taste the pleasure to start a business.

"Coming together is a perfect foodie, want to eat healthy, eat farmer, eat everything free to grow green fields. "Zhou Shihong, Deputy Director of the municipal comprehensive management office is one of the fuping Association sponsors, in her view, FDI Association seems to coincides with the emergence of the inevitable trend of history.

Of the 70 's of the last century Japan, public food safety, especially for pesticide and fertilizer created by the fruits and vegetables are full of concerns, a group of housewives began to supply agreement with organic food producers, the idea spread later to North America and Europe, and gradually developed into a model of community supported agriculture (CSA).

"Pop said, CSA is a producer for the consumer direct home delivery, provided that sufficient trust between the two, consumers share requires advance purchase of agricultural products, provided financial support for the farm, farm commitment to serving fresh and healthy agricultural products for consumers in return. "Zhou Shihong believes that CSA's core philosophy is to restore confidence, including the consumer and producer confidence and trust between man and nature.

Chen Weiping, an associate professor at Renmin University study on developing situation of Chinese CSA for a long time, he felt that by virtue of the extensive and profound Chinese farming tradition, CSA will become China's excessive industrialization deepens, and poisoning antidote in the food system.

"A single spark can start a prairie fire. "Wu Yanfei strongly endorses this view," using the CSA model, every consumer can increase farmers ' income, his health, the earth healthy, this is both a good thing! ”

In March this year, when Wu Yanfei proposed introduction of CSA in Quzhou mode immediately resonate in her circle of friends, enthusiastically joined the community, including determined to develop ecological (organic) agriculture in Quzhou "early agriculture" company, Zhejiang Ming "ZTE cereals," company Chairman Ye Zhongxing entrepreneurs.

Members of the fast-growing, to let Wu Yanfei sigh: "awakening consumer and market is long overdue. ”
Want to be a "fool"

Wu Yanfei recommended a book called life, at least when you book a fool, said is Japan mucunqiu the dream is life stories of the farmers.

Kimura's wife is allergic to pesticide, he happened to touch the book of nature farming and determined without chemical fertilizers and pesticides to plant Apple trees. Modern agricultural dependence on pesticides is a comprehensive, especially Apple, once you stop using pesticides, was devastated.

Kimura's Apple tree is no exception, he began trying to do experiments to grow 7 Apple flower, ultimately picking apples, it took 10 years.

In these 10 years, Kimura was down and out, several would not hang on, others say that he is a fool. You want to give up, daughters cheered him: dad, must stick to it, we are not white poor yet?

Now, Kimura, Apple became the world's most magical fruits. He cut the Apple in half, put in two years in the air do not rot, fade sweet dried fruit, experts said even magic, many Japanese people snapped up Apple Kimura, say "able to eat once in a lifetime".

Was deeply affected Wu Yanfei wants to be a "fool", "now that we have connected the consumption side, but also technological confusion, many farmers can't imagine leaving pesticide and fertilizer do? ”

In order to help farmers to seek technical support, Wu Yanfei consulted many experts on agriculture in Quzhou, the answer often makes her lose hope. Some experts say, control of plant diseases and pests without pesticides is not acceptable. Experts said that organic food has no city, people can't afford to eat. Experts also admits that their expertise is based on use of pesticides and fertilizers under the premise of ... ...

Wu Yanfei don't want to give up, she knows there are plenty of precedents at home and abroad, believes in Quzhou City certainly has. Sure enough, she searched, and finally in the huangtankou Township, Qujiang district "an acre of cultivation-heart" farm and met 62 Taiwan farmer Xu Tianyou.

The television before age 50 into organic agriculture people, touched his chest and said: "of course without pesticides and chemical fertilizers, the key is to carefully, using soil cultivation of conscience! ”

Xu Tianyou from creating a set of organic farming, farms applying fertilizers homemade enzyme, a chicken farm with a white weasel-proof, super hot pod pepper chicken pest control, and so on.

"I would like to volunteer to share knowledge and experience, and provide you with technical guidance, benefit the Earth. "Xu Tianyou kept Wu Yanfei fuping Association" proves ".

Rice is grown in the Green State family farm, mid-September is expected to be harvested. This piece from the soil testing, seed selection, planting process is open and transparent plots, Wu Yanfei fuping Association "a bright future".

"The largest single agricultural modernization is the only way to do business? Why can't we use our ancestors left us with Oriental wisdom to break the conflict between grain harvest and ecological protection? "After work, Wu Yanfei often agonizing over these major issues, see related articles, she would share in fuping, volunteers in the first micro-letter groups.

Wu Yanfei and don't care what other people said she was "on fire", because you believe in: agricultural high earning years are in the past, developing green ecological, about the integrity of the "small is beautiful" eco-trust in agriculture in order to meet the future direction.

On Wednesday nights, is regular sharing of fuping Association's "happy together". Recently, they discussed plans to produce a micro-film, for a more grounded air spread ecological farming concept of trust.

"We want to tell to leave land to low-income farmers or farmers who did not want to leave the land, in fact, you can continue to rely on land, to increase wealth with dignity. "Zhou Shihong said.



Screaming newspaper: Secretary Zhang Ling Cun said, "does not change its really late." How do you understand about this?

Wu Yanfei: many ecological and organic farming practices have proved that Green eco-agriculture can achieve economic, social and environmental benefits, health benefits, harmony is to the benefit of unified. Development of eco-agriculture is now climate, geography, and, and ecological agriculture is a slow at first and then faster, practice is very strong, does not change its missed opportunities.

Screaming: where fuping, the future direction of the Association?
Wu Yanfei: launched "FDI" was meant to use "Internet +" tries to poverty alleviation. Poverty alleviation should not be just relief, to low-income farmers to donate 200 yuan per person per year, it is not easy to do. But if the call to spend 200 yuan per person per year to buy eco-quality produce from their, I believe we will be happy to.

By "FDI", low-income families received a business opportunity, there is a steady income, better to live with dignity. Volunteers pay a loved and trusted, harvested green and safe agricultural products

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