Farmers harvest a crop of poetry

For rural poet Kang Pengfei, baked potatoes provide food for thought. Kuang Linhua / China Daily

Editor's note: This is the third in a regular series of reports brought together under the banner "Lost Horizons", which aims to show life in the less-reported areas of the country and to give a voice to those whose words oft en go unheard. Slideshows and video footage are also available at www.chinadaily.com.cn/video