“Just after the New Year, walking in foreign country, I suddenly see the familiar hometown cuisine, and it is absolutely a kind of happiness and pride.” yesterday, Yan Zhi, the great Micro blogger and the chairman of Drow, saw a foreigner selling the his hometown Luotian chestnut on the street of New York, and he can’t hide the excitement in his heart, so he showed the scene through micro blog immediately, which has attracted many onlookers.
Luotian is the nativity of chestnut. As early as Tang dynasty, chestnut has been exported as the bulk commodity. Luotian chestnut has both the crispy of south chestnut and the sweety of north chestnut, and it has ever been rated as “Famous Brand Product” and “Chinese Famous Fruit” in China International Agricultural Fair.
In order to expand marketing, Luotian has consecutively held 12 chestnut festivals. Luotian chestnut has been exported to more than 20 countries and regions in Europe, America, southeast Asia, etc., and the annual sales volume has reached 12,000 tons, and the annual sales volume in America is more than 3000 tons. At present, the area of cultivation of Luotian chestnut has reached 1 million mu, the production of the chestnut is 60,000 tons in ordinary years, and the series production value is 1.05 million yuan.