Dongtai

Basic Introduction to Sweet SorghumSorghum, also known as sweet sorghum, is a variant of the high-growing variety, reaching heights of over ten feet. It is as delicious and refreshing as sugarcane, referred to as a "living beverage." Varieties include "Sugarcane" sorghum, "Sugar Heart" sorghum, and "High粱" sorghum. It is a common and ordinary native plant in sandy areas such as Dongtai, Qidong, Haimen, and Chongming. The "Chongming County Gazetteer" compiled during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty has records of sorghum. The main vein of the sorghum leaf is bluish-green. Nutritional ValueIn recent years, Huayuan Village in Burg Town on the island has become a major grower of sorghum, with over 300 households cultivating around 400 acres of it. The "Huayuan" brand of sorghum is gradually gaining a reputation. "Sorghum is rich in various amino acids and other nutrients. Eating sorghum is like getting an amino acid infusion," explained an elderly farmer growing sorghum, perhaps somewhat exaggeratedly. However, in the minds of the locals, sorghum does indeed have the effects of relieving summer heat, quenching thirst, and clearing heat and detoxifying. Product CharacteristicsSorghum is most afraid of typhoons; once they hit, the sorghum stalks bend and fall. Each section…