A farmer tends seedlings in a greenhouse in Hure. [Photo/China.com.cn]
A member of a traditional farming family living in Tasihai village, Liujiazi township, Zhang Lijuan has also gotten involved with greenhouse agriculture in recent years, which has enabled its members to escape from poverty and become more prosperous. Zhang’s household had incurred a lot of debt paying for treatments for serious illnesses that its elderly members suffered from as well as her children’s educational expenses and her time was stretched thin prior to the development. The devoted mother and daughter now works in the village’s greenhouses during slack season, which provides her with an additional income stream and makes it possible for her to take care of her family and continue to tend her fields.