High-priced forest vegetables are still very expensive

Not being sold in the market like other agricultural products, wild vegetables are often sold online on social networking sites or at clean food stores. A survey of some stores specializing in trading forest vegetables in Lang Son, Son La, Lao Cai … showed that large vegetables, open beef, white vegetables, bitter bamboo shoots … were sold for quite high prices.
Currently, beef steak is sold at a price of 50,000 – 60,000 VND / kg, black lettuce 40,000 VND / kg, Macadamia 60,000 VND / kg, bamboo shoots 80,000 VND / kg, bitter bamboo shoots 60,000 VND / kg, and herbs forest 200,000 VND / kg. In particular, white vegetables (wild vegetables) purchased in the Northwest mountainous provinces and Huong pagoda (My Duc district – Hanoi) are even more expensive than American beef bacon when the selling price is up to 170,000 – 180,000 VND / kg. flowers and vegetables down to 200,000 VND / kg. Explaining the reason why the selling price of forest vegetables is so high, at the Commodity and Consumer Product Fair held by the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, Ms. Lo Thi Yen (Moc Chau town – Son La said: Forest vegetables are completely harvested from nature, so the number of harvests is not much, in addition it takes a long time to transport to Hanoi, and at the same time it can only be preserved fresh for 1-2 days, During this time, if not sold out, they must be discarded as withered vegetables. “The cost of transportation and loss is added to the selling price, so the cost is higher” – Ms. Yen shared.
Although the selling price of wild vegetables is quite expensive, the consumption power of this item is quite strong. Ms. Hai Minh, a supplier of wild vegetables in Hanoi, said that every day, I sell to the market 80kg of bamboo shoots, 1 quintal of raw beef, and it is expected that at the time of the peak harvest, the amount of vegetables consumed is available. Up to 300 – 400kg because then the selling price will decrease by 30-40% compared to the present time. Not only is the dish favored by many families, forest vegetables are also included in the menu, becoming a specialty dish of many restaurants and eateries. Ms. Nguyen Minh Tu, the owner of a restaurant in Cau Giay said: Customers love to eat forest vegetables, so twice a week, I ordered to cook dishes for customers.
Meanwhile, at the Commodity and Product Fair for consumers, cooperatives introduce specialties in information regions: During the fair participation, on average, people consume a few quintals of wild vegetables a day. types. “Right on the opening day, people in Times City urban area have consumed all vegetables, the shops have to keep some vegetables to introduce products” – representatives of cooperatives attended the association. said the market.
In fact, the reason why forest products are highly sought after with low selling price is because people’s lives have been improved in the past few years and the demand for clean food is increasing. become a favorite dish, specialty in the city.