Future Orchards

Today, growing peaches has become a totally different business for Jia Yufu. The 65-year-old has been working in the industry for decades in Pinggu District, Beijing. Operating a 2,000-square-meter orchard, Jia had to manage every step in the process, from watering plants to fertilizing the soil, by himself—and by hand. It used to occupy him from early spring to late autumn every year.