What does it mean for mushroom products to obtain carbon footprint certificates?
"EU countries cannot export without a carbon footprint certificate in the future. This certificate is our passport." Recently, Zhejiang Xiangmanting Biotechnology Co., Ltd.(hereinafter referred to as Xiangmanting) obtained the carbon footprint certificate for mushroom products. Chairman Zhu Youcun said excitedly,"This means that our mushroom products are sold smoothly around the world without hindrance."
As carbon footprint has become an important indicator to measure the environmental impact of products, in recent years, some countries are trying to use carbon footprint management as a policy tool to deal with climate change, of which product carbon footprint is the most widely used. Xiangmanting Flower Mushroom Carbon Footprint Certificate shows that during the entire life cycle from "cradle to gate", the carbon emission per kilogram of Flower Mushroom produced is 1.08 kg. The precise figure represents the "high quality, safety, traceability, and environmental protection" behind the product. advantages.
Zhu Youcun said that during this period, the number of international merchants coming to inspect has increased significantly, and overseas orders such as mushroom cleaning vegetables have also poured in. "Japanese merchants who have been working together for three years used to place small-scale orders. After we got the carbon footprint certificate, they immediately came to inspect and formally signed a contract with us. They needed 6000 kilograms of dried mushrooms a week, which is equivalent to more than 40,000 kilograms of fresh mushrooms. The amount."
Green base will lead to better development. As a typical representative of smart agriculture in Longyou County, Xiangmanting has established a product carbon footprint management system during its development process to promote the overall green and low-carbon transformation of the industrial chain. In order to reduce carbon emissions and create low-carbon and green circular agriculture, the company has also innovated the recycling model of mushroom residue, and processed a large number of waste edible fungi sticks produced every year into a substrate to produce new organic soilless culture substrates with water retention and fertility retention. A well-ventilated organic soilless culture substrate.
In the company's fruit and vegetable greenhouse, neat rows of melons using soilless cultivation techniques are growing happily. Technical director Zheng Jiangcheng told reporters that after the batch of melons is ripe and harvested, they will also use the substrate to cultivate straw mushrooms, etc., so that the old mushroom sticks that were originally abandoned can be "eaten dry and squeezed". "Our mushroom residue can not only be used to develop a substrate for soilless culture, but also to cultivate Coprinus comatus. In the first half of this year alone, we have cultivated 20,000 bags, and the results are very good, which completely solves the problem of the outlet of mushroom residue."
"Currently, we are working with universities to introduce carbon dioxide recycling systems." Zhu Youcun introduced that after carbon dioxide in mushroom greenhouses is collected centrally, it is recycled into fruit and vegetable greenhouses for reuse. It improves the quality and yield of fruit and vegetable production through photosynthesis, continues to reduce carbon emissions, and seeks benefits from green circular agriculture.
