Direct Organic Farm to Table Supply, Lean Management Strengthens Food Safety

Recently, our company’s canteen completed a comprehensive upgrade, establishing a catering system with controlled sourcing, standardised procedures, and full traceability – improving food safety, operational efficiency, service quality and thus reinforcing employee and environmental well-beign, reinforcing the foundation of the company’s high‑quality development.

Direct Sourcing from Production Areas to Build a Controllable Supply Chain

To address common pain points in traditional procurement – numerous intermediaries, long traceability chains, and inconsistent quality – the administrative team, after multiple on‑site inspections, qualification reviews, and sample tests, selected two local certified organic farms as strategic partners, signing long‑term direct supply agreements and establishing a “farm‑to‑canteen” delivery route.

The cooperative farm follows an ecological planting model, combining open fields with greenhouses to grow a variety of seasonal vegetables and fruits. Climbing crops such as cucumbers and beans are cultivated on bamboo trellises, ensuring good ventilation and ample sunlight for natural growth. Inside the greenhouses, sandy-fleshed tomatoes are planted. In the open fields, thin-skinned green peppers, long purple eggplants, and yardlong beans are grown in separate plots, intercropped with watermelons and other seasonal melons. Around the farm, fruit trees like pears and pomegranates are planted as complementary crops, creating a multi-dimensional ecological planting pattern.

The open-field eggplants and the intercropped watermelons are allowed to grow and ripen naturally.

The pomegranate and pear trees laden with fruit on the farm.

Under the agreements, these farms strictly follow organic standards: using organic fertilisers, physical and biological pest control, and no chemical pesticides or fertilisers. Vegetables are picked in the morning according to daily orders, then tested , sorted, and delivered by refrigerated trucks within 4 hours from harvest to warehouse – achieving “picked, delivered, and used on the same day” to offer maximum freshness and nutritional value to our employees.

Continuous Optimisation to Support High‑Quality Development

Since this upgrade, key canteen performance metrics including employee satisfaction have improved significantly. Food safety is a core commitment, and employee welbeing is the foundation of our stable growth. Changli upholds the philosophy of “precision workmanship and people‑oriented” development, extending its lean quality culture from manufacturing to all logistics scenarios. In the future, the company will gradually expand organic food coverage, introduce digital meal ordering and nutritional meal planning, and upgrade logistics from “basic support” to “quality empowerment”.