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Laborers eat breakfast at a Beijing market. China faces a challenge to ensure its food supply keeps pace with its population as more farmers leave the agricultural workforce for jobs in the cities. Diets and lifestyles have also been altered by the rising affluence of China’s growing middle class and its increasing demand for meat.
Related:
- China Grows An Interest in Organic Foods A Q&A with Chang Tianle of the Beijing Farmers’ Market, by Michael Zhao, August 12, 2014
- The ‘Nongmin’ Breakdown, China’s Urban Workforce is Mainly Rural, from Sohu Business, May 2, 2014
- China’s Pig Footprint, The Environmental Impact of the Pork Industry is too Large to Ignore, by Tom Levitt from chinadialogue, May 21, 2014
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Laborers eat breakfast at a Beijing market. China faces a challenge to ensure its food supply keeps pace with its population as more farmers leave the agricultural workforce for jobs in the cities. Diets and lifestyles have also been altered by the rising affluence of China’s growing middle class and its increasing demand for meat.
Related:
- China Grows An Interest in Organic Foods A Q&A with Chang Tianle of the Beijing Farmers’ Market, by Michael Zhao, August 12, 2014
- The ‘Nongmin’ Breakdown, China’s Urban Workforce is Mainly Rural, from Sohu Business, May 2, 2014
- China’s Pig Footprint, The Environmental Impact of the Pork Industry is too Large to Ignore, by Tom Levitt from chinadialogue, May 21, 2014