Xugu Mushrooms

Xugu Mushrooms

　　In 1997, people in Xinzhou began utilizing agricultural by-products such as straw, rice husks, cottonseed hulls, and pond mud to vigorously develop the button mushroom industry. After more than a decade of growth, the cultivation area now spans 6.4 million square meters, with an annual fresh mushroom output of 52,000 tons, an annual output value of 600 million yuan, involving 9,000 farming households and employing over 20,000 people. Multiple varieties such as button mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms, and shiitake mushrooms have flourished, forming an integrated industry chain encompassing production, supply, sales, and trade. The mushroom industry has become a sunrise sector for the people of the old revolutionary base in Xinzhou to escape poverty and achieve prosperity. Xinzhou mushrooms are sold far and wide, even exported to Europe and America. Xinzhou has earned numerous accolades, including “China’s Hometown of Button Mushrooms,” “National Standardized Production Demonstration Zone for Button Mushrooms,” and “National Standardized Demonstration Zone for the Edible Fungi Industry.” “Xugu Mushrooms” and “Xugu” soy sauce have obtained [ISO9001] international quality system certification, and seven varieties of the “Xugu Mushrooms” series have been certified as green food by the National Green Food Management Center.