Monday, November 16, 2009

Thursday Morning, November 12



Thursday was rainy, cold, and eventually the rain even turned into snow flurries! We started the day by getting a tour of one of the 300,000 greenhouses that populate the fields in the agricultural area around Shouguang City. We visited greenhouses in the nearby Sanyuanzhu Village along the Mihe River. There was even a greenhouse museum of sort, which documented the origination of the current greenhouse design, and honoring the father of the modern greenhouse, Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang began the idea of cultivating the land in the winter, using bamboo poles, a plastic covering, straw mats for cover at night, and earthen materials for the north side of the structures. Approximately 300,000 greenhouses in the area now supply vegetables for the entire country through the cold winters.

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