Agriculture firm integrates education, tourism

Jars of liquor brewed by adding mushrooms are displayed at the fungi research base of Guizhou Qingzhen Baisheng Agricultural Development Co. [Photo/gzqz.gov.cn]

More than 500 students from a local primary school in Qingzhen, Guiyang, Southwest China's Guizhou province, recently visited the fungi research base of Guizhou Qingzhen Baisheng Agricultural Development Co.

Students learned about the various types of mushrooms, approaches to growing mushrooms, the living conditions of mushrooms, and edibility of mushrooms. "I didn't know that mushrooms were a type of micro-orgasm. I often see them in textbooks, but today I saw real ones. It was an interesting experience," said Zhang Xuhan, one of the students.

At an exhibition pavilion, students were taught to identify toxic mushrooms through their shapes, smells and colors, and had the opportunity to observe mushrooms' structures under a microscope.

As a modern agriculture company fusing the primary, secondary and tertiary industries, the company has developed edible fungi-centered tourism resources and created recreational sightseeing attractions that integrate entertainment, science education, and culture, bringing more wealth to local farmers and offering tourists and students opportunities to learn more about mushrooms.