Hung Nguyen produces organic clean vegetables

(Baonghean.vn)-While consumers are worried about vegetables "containing" chemicals, Hung Long commune (Hung Nguyen) has successfully built an organic clean vegetable model.

Organic pumpkin production in Hung Long commune (Hung Nguyen). Photo: Thanh Tam

The organic vegetable production model in Hung Long commune is the result of the connection between the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of Vinh University, businesses and local farmers. The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of Vinh University transfers the process, the commune selects the land, businesses invest capital, take care of product consumption, and farmers participate in labor.

The 2.5-hectare alluvial land that farmers previously only produced one crop of spring peanuts per year, and the rest of the time was left fallow for grazing livestock, has now been replaced by a lush year-round organic vegetable field; providing enough green vegetables daily for thousands of kindergarten and primary school students of Vinh University.

The organic vegetable production model does not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides. All vegetables and fruits such as squash, pumpkin, bitter melon, tomatoes, Malabar spinach, Malabar spinach, amaranth, water spinach, carrots, etc. are watered with well water and fertilized with composted manure; leaves and agricultural by-products are also soaked to make fertilizer, rice husks are burned into charcoal to fertilize vegetables. Worms are caught by hand, using butterfly-attracting lamps and sprayed with herbal medicine made from hot peppers, ginger, and garlic pureed and soaked in alcohol.

Vegetables are fertilized with manure and rice husk ash. Photo: Thanh Tam

“Here, dozens of types of vegetables are grown at the same time, each season has its own. Growing organic vegetables, I learned a lot. Growing organic vegetables means not using chemical fertilizers, buying manure and composting it in the field before fertilizing. Pesticides are made from garlic, ginger, and alcohol. Growing organic vegetables requires more effort, but the food tastes much better" - Ms. Hoang Thi Thanh in Hamlet 7B, Hung Long Commune, one of the households participating in the organic vegetable production linkage model, shared.

Implemented since May 2016, currently, all vegetable products are contracted by kindergartens and primary schools in Vinh city to serve the boarding kitchen for students. Therefore, although the vegetable market this year is low in price and difficult to consume, organic vegetable products are still in high demand.

With the successes achieved, in the coming time, Hung Long will expand the area of ​​organic vegetable production, to better meet the increasing demand of consumers; at the same time, create jobs, increase income for workers, contributing to building a commune that meets new rural standards.

Mr. Hoang Nghia Toan - Secretary of the Party Committee of Hung Long commune said: "The cooperation with businesses to build an organic vegetable production model in Hung Long has contributed to changing farming methods, raising awareness of community production for farmers".

Organic vegetable production does not use herbicides, so people have to pull them out manually by hand. Photo: Thanh Tam

The organic vegetable production model in Hung Long has proven to be an effective model, meeting the community's demand for safe agricultural products, not only contributing to protecting the environment and human health but also affirming the right direction of farmers in developing sustainable agriculture./.

Thanh Tam