Kale and other healthy vegetables are moving from the fields in Huinong District, Shizuishan City to the international market. Common vegetables such as spinach and tomatoes have also been cultivated by the "hands of technology" to develop towards green, organic, and high-end, achieving doubled value. Embarking on a new track and seeking new breakthroughs, Huinong District drives industrial transformation and upgrading with technological innovation, promoting the advancement of cold vegetables from "selling by weight" to "creating brands".

Ningxia Lirong Biotechnology Co., Ltd. enhances the added value of vegetable products through a full industry chain system covering "from fields to markets". Recently, the reporter visited the company's 6600 acre high standard vegetable planting base. Through advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things, green prevention and control, and water fertilizer integration, precise regulation of the vegetable growth environment has been achieved here. In a smart factory covering an area of 24000 square meters, an automated production line for dehydrated vegetables with an annual output of 3000 tons utilizes advanced technology to maximize the color, aroma, taste, and natural nutritional content of vegetables. With advanced processing technology, the company's spinach, tomatoes, kale and other products have transformed into high-quality raw materials for high-end nutritional supplements and pharmaceutical extracts, achieving doubled value.

Technology is our passport to the international market, "said Sun Lirong, the head of the company. The" Green Treasure "brand dehydrated vegetable products produced by the company have passed the 440 pesticide residue tests of the European Union and comply with the EU organic food certification regulations. They have established a full process quality and safety traceability system from the production environment, raw material production to finished product supply, opening the door to direct access to the European and American markets.

Modern agriculture not only needs to introduce new technologies to enhance product added value, but also needs to build strong brands to enter the market. Entering the Letufengmin Vegetable Planting Professional Cooperative in Heping Village, Weizha Town, Huinong District, the modern greenhouses are lush with greenery, and the branches are adorned with tomatoes, cucumbers, and melons from the "Xiong Thirteen" brand. The repurchase rate of 'Xiong Thirteen' fruits and vegetables has always been high among consumers, "said the purchasing manager of Baidelung Supermarket in Huinong District.

We promote the symbiotic model of earthworm and vegetable through earthworm biotechnology, forming a closed loop of 'agricultural waste earthworm manure ecological planting'. The quality and taste of cucumbers, tomatoes and other crops grown are excellent, with a price about 1 yuan higher than the market price per kilogram. "Xiong Bo, founder of the" Xiong Thirteen "brand in Huinong District, said that since 2019, we have introduced and promoted earthworm biotechnology to produce natural organic fertilizers, which have improved the soil. After testing, the brand's sweet melon has a beta carotene content more than 20 times higher than similar products, and the tomato's nutritional content exceeds similar standards. Both have been selected for the national specialty agricultural product list.

　　 The reporter learned from the Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Water Affairs Bureau of Huinong District that since the beginning of this year, Huinong District has taken the construction of a national agricultural green development pilot zone as the starting point, focused on the core goal of increasing farmers' income, and promoted the transformation and upgrading of the cold vegetable industry with the main line of agricultural supply side structural reform. At present, the annual output of 15200 acres of cold and cool vegetables in Huinong District is expected to reach 56000 tons, with a coverage rate of over 90% of high-quality varieties and a stable quality monitoring pass rate of over 98.5%. A number of local brands such as "Saishang Lvbao", "Xiong Thirteen", "Ligang Yonghong", and "Jianquan Xigua" have emerged, and the scale planting, intensive production, and industrialized management level of the cold and cool vegetable industry in Huinong District have significantly improved.