Beijing COFCO Smart Farm

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In 2010, the Beijing Municipal Government and COFCO signed a framework agreement on the construction of the "China Beijing Agricultural Ecological Valley" between the Beijing Municipal People's Government and COFCO. Covering an area of 17,200 acres, China's Beijing Agricultural Ecological Valley was born, and at the center of the ecological valley is COFCO Smart Farm, a key project jointly built by COFCO and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. COFCO Smart Farm was officially opened in October 2015, with a planned area of 1,178 acres, consisting of 7 core areas of "One Heart and Six Gardens": "One Heart" is the smart agriculture center, and "Six Gardens" is 6 outdoor theme parks: Flower Field Walk, Pasture Song, Countryside Memory, Pastoral Collection, Forest Picking, and Eden Fragrance. The Smart Agriculture Center is the first stop for tourists, and it is also the core technology of COFCO Smart Farm. It is worth noting that the temperature in the venue is high, and visitors can reduce their clothing appropriately. In the smart agriculture experience hall, there is a sand table display of the agricultural ecological valley in Beijing, China, and under the introduction of the staff, visitors can have a preliminary understanding of the planning of the entire ecological valley. On the way to the Vertical Farming Technology Complex, visitors pass by a corridor with a hanging flower system. COFCO Smart Farm adopts the "hanging hanging flower system" imported from Japan, with African impatiens as the main hanging flower bush, showing the exquisite horticultural landscape at the top of the corridor, making people feel as if they are in a dream, which is quite interesting. On top of that, the flowers are in full bloom all year round, and visitors can come and experience this spectacle at any time. Across the corridor, there is the vertical farming complex that COFCO is proud of. COFCO Smart Farm has applied a number of advanced patented technologies, and Lin Keqing, Vice Mayor of Beijing, has also highly praised related projects. The installation of an automatic rotation tracking system in the museum is eye-catching. All the plants are suspended and rotate slowly under the transport of the device. Staff say this allows the plants to get even light. The multi-layer recirculating vertical cultivation system is also a proud R&D result of COFCO, and the plants on the shelves are vertically distributed. Due to the slope of the shelves, all plants can be evenly hydrated, and the remaining water can be recycled. In addition, there are also column cultivation systems, floating cultivation systems, and automatic seedbed cultivation systems for sprouts in the museum. In the "Edible Mushroom Exhibition Area", there are fungi such as agaricus mushrooms and reishi mushrooms, but visitors can only watch them through the glass, and when the outside light is strong, the viewing experience is not good. The Smart Agriculture Center also includes an urban horticulture center, a nature classroom, and a tomato kingdom. The Urban Horticulture Museum mainly displays a variety of tropical plants with beautiful forms. Visitors can see many tropical rainforest plants in the horticultural area, which are quite exotic. The flower factory not far away is full of all kinds of flowers, including Indian frangipani, laurel leaves and yellow plums. Visitors who like succulents can also enjoy this place, and there are countless succulents such as "Gyokuro", "Smooth Sailing", and "Teruma". Visitors can buy plants, but COFCO does not sell finished products with better appearances. It is worth noting that there are ecological restaurants in the urban gardening hall to eat, but the taste is not good and the price is relatively expensive. The tomato factory has a variety of tomatoes of various shapes, and there are many times that they are inspected and guided by leaders. The Nature Classroom is an experiential leisure and practical extracurricular activity for students. The six gardens are all outdoor venues, which are greatly affected by the season, and the play is better in spring and autumn. "Flower Field Walk" uses a European-style flower sea setting, showing a variety of flowers in a patchwork form, which is somewhat different from other single large-area flower seas. Tourists can also enjoy a meal at the Flower House Cafe when they are tired of walking. The horticultural training classroom provides horticultural training and flower potted plant sales. "Ranch Song" is a lawn where visitors can experience the joy of grazing. The RV site is surrounded by trees and is suitable for those looking for an intimate camping experience. Every holiday, COFCO will also organize some themed activities here to provide more fun. "Countryside Memory" is close to the central wisdom greenhouse and is a resting place for many tourists. On the crisp autumn season, you can see many tourists eating on the ground in the food park. The creative agriculture market will have many products from the park for sale. There is an animal farm in the park where visitors can feed rabbits, alpacas and other animals, and contact is allowed, and many children gather here. Unlike ordinary farms, COFCO's cleaning work is in place, which doubles the favorability. Tourists can experience the fun of picking in the "pastoral picking", "Eden looking for fragrance" and "forest picking". For example, "Pastoral Collection" focuses on the "small home" social space, where tourists and families can participate in the "potato treasure digging" activity. "Eden Xunfang" is 125 acres of grape planting improvement experimental field, with summer black, red balado, black beet, rose, drunken gold and other high-quality grape varieties. "Picking roses in the forest" is a selenium-rich picking garden covering an area of 56,000 square meters, with more than a dozen kinds of vegetables such as pumpkin, amaranth flower, okra, black pearl tomato, etc., visitors can guide children to learn about vegetables while picking with children, full of happiness. It should be noted that the rides in the park are charged separately. The science popularization attribute of the entire COFCO Smart Farm is relatively strong, but the training of the staff may not be in place, and the content and method of explanation are not excellent. China's Beijing Agro-Ecological Valley is divided into three phases of development, COFCO Smart Farm is the first phase of the project, the second phase is the health technology industry, and the third phase involves residential and other commercial facilities. When the three projects are officially integrated, it will also be the beginning of the Eco-Valley's strong competitiveness. Fee reference: 1. The uniform ticket price of the park is 80 yuan. 2. Active-duty military personnel (including cadets), retired cadres of the military, seniors over 70 years old, and disabled persons can apply for free tickets with their valid certificates. 3. Seniors aged 65-69 can purchase half-price tickets with their valid documents. 4. Children under 1.2 meters (including 1.2 meters) are free of charge, and children between 1.2 and 1.5 meters (inclusive) can purchase half-price tickets. 5. Full-time students in primary and secondary schools can enjoy half-price tickets with their valid student ID. 6. Electric car 30 yuan / time; 30 RMB/hour for a single bike, 40 RMB/hour for a double person, and 60 RMB/hour for four people. Open: Summer 9:00 am - 6:00 pm (April 1 - October 31) Winter 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (November 1 - March 31)

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