It is one of the top ten "Hometowns of Bamboo" in China. On the land of more than 2,200 square kilometers, the forest coverage rate is as high as 85% and the vegetation coverage rate is 90%, ranking first in the province. Here is a "natural oxygen bar" with good air quality. Yangling Forest Park is the "scenic tourist area with the highest concentration of air negative ions" in China. The water quality here is good. There are no big rivers in the county, and most of them are small rivers and streams scattered in the county. 80% of the water can be directly drunk. Because of these factors, the soil here "nurtures" abundant wild food resources. As raw materials of food, they are ecological, pure natural and pollution-free. For the food industry, this land is a large-scale "natural workshop".
When the "green" consumption tide rises quietly in the city, people increasingly find that Chongyi County has a unique advantage in developing the "green food" industry.
"Green food" refers to the pollution-free safe, high-quality and nutritious food that follows the principle of sustainable development, is produced according to a specific mode of production, and is certified and licensed by a specialized agency to use the green food mark. It must meet four conditions: the origin of products or raw materials must meet the quality standards of green food ecological environment; Crop planting, livestock and poultry breeding, aquaculture and food processing must conform to the operating rules for green food production; Products must meet the quality and hygiene standards of green food; The packaging, storage and transportation of products must meet the standards for packaging, storage and transportation of green food.
The green food resources in Chongyi County are the first to promote wild plants. There are 100 kinds of edible wild plants in this county, such as Lentinus edodes, Auricularia auricula, Radix Puerariae, Dictyophora dictyopteris, Pleurotus eryngii (which can't be artificially propagated at present) and wild fruits (such as Zizyphus jujuba, Kiwifruit and wild chestnut). Last year, a wild citrus forest was discovered in Niedu Township of this county. According to Professor Deng Xiuxin, vice president of Huazhong Agricultural University and chairman of China Citrus Association, this is the third wild citrus forest in China and a rare treasure in the world. These are all natural raw materials of green food.
In addition to wild resources, tea, rice, navel oranges and even animals raised in Chongyi County, such as wild sheep and cattle, are all raw materials for green food because farmers rarely use pesticides and feed, and they also meet the production conditions of green food.
Choerospondias axillaris processed into choerospondias axillaris cake, kudzu root "evolved" into kudzu root vermicelli, and dictyophora indusiata "changed" into dictyophora indusiata wine ... After years of development, the green food industry in Chongyi County has initially formed two categories, namely, food processing and food manufacturing. The main products are choerospondias axillaris cake, pumpkin cake, green plum cake, canned bamboo shoots, tea and tea oil.