DES Moines, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Kimberly, an American farmer, has a love affair with China.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiong Maoling and Hu Yousong.
Rick Kimberley, who is over 70 years old and has been a farmer for 50 years, is located on a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa, USA. In the past ten years, he and his son have visited China more than 20 times, made hundreds of Chinese friends, and become an active promoter of Sino-US agricultural exchanges.
In March 2023, in Anji, Zhejiang Province, a local farmer impressed Kimberly. "He took me by the hand and walked into his greenhouse and introduced me to the various vegetables he grows. He's very proud and I'm really happy for him. Kimberly recalled.
Kimberly told reporters that through the visit and exchanges, he felt that farmers in both countries are very hardworking and are trying to produce more high-quality agricultural products to create a better life for their families.
At present, Kimberlite Farms has carried out a number of agricultural demonstration cooperation projects in Hebei and Zhejiang to promote digital farms and sustainable agriculture and improve the level of scientific and technological application. In Anji, Zhejiang Province, Kimberly Farms is moving forward with a greenhouse project to try to use more advanced technologies to conserve water, avoid over-fertilization, and protect the soil for more productive and sustainable farming.
During the field trip, Kimberley saw the progress of China's agriculture in the field of sustainable development. He said that Chinese farmers have taken a lot of measures to better protect the land and carry out agricultural farming without overusing pesticides and fertilizers. He believes that China has made continuous progress in promoting agricultural mechanization, using more advanced agricultural technology, and better quality seeds, and the progress is very fast.
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng said during a visit to Kimberley Farms that agriculture is one of the earliest, most effective and most potential areas of cooperation between China and the United States. China-US agricultural cooperation not only enriches the tables of the people of the two countries and boosts the "money bags" of the farmers of the two countries, but also benefits all mankind, which is conducive to the use of advanced agricultural technologies to jointly address food security and other challenges, and demonstrates the responsibility of a responsible major country to build a world free from hunger and poverty.
In recent years, Sino-US cooperation in agriculture and agricultural products has been deepening. Jim Sutter, CEO of the U.S. Soybean Export Council, said the two countries' soybean industries have set an example of mutual benefit and win-win results in more than 40 years of cooperation. "We look forward to continued cooperation and prosperity for the next 40 years. He said.
Looking to the future, Kimberly also said that the United States and China need to maintain communication, open their hearts, and work together to properly resolve their differences. "The United States and China are the two largest economies in the world, and we need each other. (ENDS).