Ms. Sai Thi Sinh packages oyster mushroom products.
Ms. Sai Thi Sinh was born and raised in Binh Chuong village, Dinh Lap commune. In 1995, she worked at the People's Committee of Dinh Lap commune. In 2010, she held the position of Secretary of the Party Committee of Dinh Lap commune, and in 2016, she retired according to the regime. After retirement, Ms. Sinh started to find a way to develop the family economy with a mushroom growing model.
Visiting Ms. Sinh's oyster mushroom production workshop, we saw mushroom spawns hung in neat rows, each mushroom spawn sprouting thick, fresh white mushroom wings. Ms. Sinh shared: “Oyster mushrooms, also known as abalone mushrooms, are one of the popular fresh mushroom forms that many families love to use in their meals because of their nutritional content and affordable price. Realizing that the model had potential but no one had done it in the commune, in 2017, I experimented with growing more than 5,000 mushroom pots. Initially, because I had no experience and technique, the mushrooms were moldy and spoiled a lot. Not discouraged, I continued to grow and learn from effective mushroom growing models in Bac Giang province. At the same time, I actively participated in training courses and technology transfer organized by the district's professional agencies to develop a suitable care process. While working and gaining experience, up to now, I have built a factory with an area of 1,200m2 with 15,000 mushroom pots.
To minimize the impact of weather and environmental factors, Ms. Sinh has built 5 fixed mushroom rooms, ensuring that mushrooms are grown indoors with surrounding walls, a sturdy roof, and a suitable lighting and humidity system. According to Ms. Sinh, mushroom growing brings high income but is also risky. Therefore, from the stage of preparing raw materials, caring for them to harvesting, the worker must comply with and perform the correct techniques; regularly monitor the weather and the growth time of the mushrooms to have appropriate care and harvesting measures.
Accordingly, the entire mushroom production process is carried out in the factory. From planting to harvesting mushrooms, the facility does not use stimulants or preservatives. Diseased or substandard mushroom spawns are removed from the beginning, so the products supplied to the market ensure food safety and hygiene. Thanks to that, on average, each year, the family sells about 5 to 8 tons of mushrooms to the market, with a selling price of 40,000 VND/kg of white oyster mushrooms and 50,000 VND/kg of brown oyster mushrooms, her family earns over 300 million VND after deducting expenses.
The oyster mushroom growing model not only brings high income to Ms. Sinh’s family but also helps create seasonal jobs for 5-7 local workers. At the same time, she also takes advantage of the residue after harvesting mushrooms for local farmers to produce organic fertilizer for planting.
After stabilizing production, Ms. Sinh started promoting and building a brand for the oyster mushroom product "Co Sinh" into an OCOP product. With the guidance of the local Party Committee, government, and specialized agencies of the district, in 2024, Ms. Sinh completed the documents, built labels, packaging, paid attention to quality, food safety, controlled codes, barcodes, traceability... for the facility's edible mushroom products.
Mr. Hoang Van Luong, Chairman of Dinh Lap Commune People's Committee, commented: In recent years, Ms. Sai Thi Sinh's family has boldly invested in and developed a mushroom growing model. Currently, this is the only mushroom growing model in the commune. The model not only brings economic efficiency to the family but also creates jobs for workers in the commune. At the end of 2024, the "Ms. Sinh" oyster mushroom product was evaluated and classified as a 3-star OCOP product at the district level, thereby contributing significantly to the formation of diverse local products and is a model with the prospect of replication in the area. In the coming time, the Party Committee and the commune government will step up propaganda for people to replicate the mushroom growing model in the commune to increase farmers' income.
Regarding future orientation, Ms. Sinh said that she will continue to invest and upgrade facilities to expand production scale, improve productivity and product quality; promote products on social networking platforms as well as actively participate in fairs inside and outside the province to expand consumption links.
Source: https://baolangson.vn/tu-nam-an-binh-dan-den-san-pham-ocop-5039842.html
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