It was cultivated in the Russian Far East, across the Pacific Ocean, and harvested in the United States.

After Qi Zheng finished his work in the eastern part of the United States, he went to California in the west, where the headquarters of the American branch of Jiagu was located.

California's Central Valley, a narrow depression sandwiched between the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Mountains, is only 720 kilometers long and 60 to 100 kilometers wide, but it is one of the most important agricultural regions in the United States, and it produces half of the country's vegetables, fruits, and nuts.

It is also the main base for organic produce at the U.S. branch of Jiagu.

July is a busy farming season in California.

In the southern Central Valley, at one of the largest organic farms in the United States, workers line up to harvest lettuce, which is quickly cleaned with water cannons and packed directly to the supermarket.

The farm is so busy these days - there are more than 70 kinds of vegetables to be harvested in this farm today, including 400 boxes of lettuce, 150 boxes of beans, 200 boxes of leeks, and 250 boxes of sweet radish......

And a few meters away, a car is parked in the field, and a man in a baseball cap is recording something.

"That's the assessor of organic food certification, and now we're keeping an eye on our organic farms. Lu Zhiwei, the head of Jiagu's American branch, pursed his lips and introduced to Qi Zheng.

As the world's most demanding and influential organic certification, the U.S. organic food certification is a "process certification", not a "product certification".

In short, it is to inspect the farmland, the farmer's cultivation, the food disposal, processing, storage, and transportation of the food supply chain to see if it meets the standards of organic food production, and not just to check that the food contains prohibited ingredients.

As for why you are eyeing Jiagu Organic Farm?

"Isn't it because we are too good?" Lu Zhiwei said with a painful face.

It turns out that being too good may really be a sin.

Today, organic produce production is one of the most important businesses of the American branch of Jiagu and is booming. The organic farm has expanded from 300 acres to 50,000 acres today, with hundreds of plots in the Central Valley, and its products are sold in large organic food supermarkets such as Safeway, Kroger, and Whole Foods all over the United States.

Compared with large farms that often cover thousands of acres, Jiagu organic farms are generally not large. For example, the organic farm in front of you, which is said to be the "largest" organic farm in the United States, has not yet reached 1,000 acres, which is a small amount.

"Unlike large farms, which use large machinery to cultivate a large area of a single variety, it is easier for small farms to retain the traditional model of agricultural self-sufficiency. For example, the farm in front of me has a lot of crop varieties, and while growing corn, pigs and vegetables. Feeding pigs with corn and using pig manure as ecological fertilizer to grow vegetables and corn has created an ecological cycle......," Lu Zhiwei introduced while taking Qi Zheng to inspect the farm for harvesting.

"What is there to question about the USDA?" Qi Zheng asked.

"But our yields are so high that they suspect that we don't produce organically at all. Lu Zhiwei shrugged.

It was Qi Zheng's turn to have a toothache on his face: "What about now?"

Lu Zhiwei smiled "hehe", "Of course, I can't find any problems, but this doesn't prevent them from paying close attention to our farm......"

No inorganic fertilizers and pesticides, no additives for livestock, no hormones, no ecological balance on the farm, and all the farms in the neighbourhood are organic – this is especially important, because there are no chemicals that affect the environment due to wind and water circulation.

So even with a magnifying glass, a third-party organic certifier commissioned by the USDA can't deny that Jiagu Organic Farm meets the standards.

"What's more, those who have tasted our organic produce know that it is the original sweetness, and the health in the stomach is a gift from nature! That's why our organic products are more expensive but still sell well in the United States." Lu Zhiwei said proudly.

The organic business of the American branch of Jiagu has grown rapidly over the years, with organic vegetables and fruits being the best-selling - organic food sales in California account for 45% of total sales in the United States, and the sales of Jiagu American branch alone account for 60% of sales in California.

Among organic food lovers, "Beaucrop" has become synonymous with high-quality organic agricultural products, and last year, Wal-Mart, which is actively involved in the field of organic food, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Jia Valley, so that "organic products on Wal-Mart's shelves are guaranteed".

Of course, the biggest winner is Kaya.

Lu Zhiwei subconsciously looked around, lowered his voice and said, "We have made a lot of money this time!"

With organic production on other farms, crops grow slowly and require a lot of manpower, time, and patience – all at cost.

Because pesticides and herbicides cannot be used, a large number of people have to be hired to control insects and weeds, and labor costs in the United States are not cheap. In addition, there are insurance, inspection fees, etc., so that many organic food producers feel that as long as they do not lose money, they will succeed.

Lu Zhiwei only said that he did not want to release the data to attack them.

If we say that the main organic agricultural products in the US market generally have a premium of more than 50 percent compared with similar ordinary agricultural products, the organic agricultural products of Jiagu are more than 30 percent higher than those of similar ordinary organic agricultural products, and the premium of pork, beef, and other products can even be as high as 150 percent.

The output is higher, the price is higher, as Lu Zhiwei said, Jiagu has made a lot of money!

"No one can believe that we can achieve a 50 percent profit margin in our organic produce business, and we made more than a billion dollars last year alone," Mr. Lo said as if in a dream.

Although the business opportunities in the field of natural and organic food are getting bigger and bigger, the more you understand the industry, the more you know how difficult it is to be profitable.

But Qi Zheng's eyes flashed, and he looked up at California Sequoia National Park near this farm, and smiled in his heart.

"Jiukun Liuhe Array (Third Order) trigger, main earth system, range: 250 kilometers radius. Effect: Solid soil, fertile ground. It can make the earth solid and fertile. ”

"Green Bamboo Lark Array (Second Order) trigger, main wood system, range: 100 kilometers radius. Effect: Moisturizes, grows. The creature is in the array, as if it was newborn, raising purple flowers, and growing vigorously. ”

The former is targeted to absorb soil nutrients from Sequoia National Park to increase crop yields, while the latter promotes rapid crop growth and a small improvement in quality – so the USDA is right to suspect that the organic farms in Kagaku are indeed "informal"!

But so what? And that doesn't stop Americans, especially those with formal education, from paying more for the "open-hanging" organic products produced in the United States.

Yosemite National Park, Pinnakers National Park around the Central Valley...... Even some large farms can't escape the "black hands" of the nearby Jiagu organic farm.

Ahem, Qi Zheng has made a lot of money and is justifiably arrogant - I am "wool", but do you have any evidence?

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