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A Trip to the Farm. Tony’s Farm

Tony’s Farm is located in Nanhui district and by car is just over an hour from downtown Puxi . It’s a large scale commercial operation with 280 acres of organic vegetables surrounded by other farm and agricultural land. Unlike some … Continue reading

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A Visit to Shanghai’s First Organic Farm. Biofarm

Hi everyone, my name is Kimberly and I have recently been asked to contribute to this website in the area of health, food, nutrition & well-being. I’ve been in China for almost 8 and a half years and have always … Continue reading

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LOHAO City Organic

During a recent trip to Beijing, I came across the impressive Lohao City Organic Store north of the Guomao complex. It was filled with bags and bags of grains, seeds, and other products, and what I particularly liked about their … Continue reading

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China’s Pesticides

Following Greenpeace’s report on the usage of pesticides in China, I was alerted to a video Greenpeace posted on the same topic where members of the Greenpeace team go out to the farm to capture some footage of what goes … Continue reading

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Farm Visit: Kiwing Foods

On the same day that a tour of Shanghai Organics, we also took a trip to Kiwing Fine Foods, a family owned farm. Greated by Denise, General Manager, we learned that the farm is relatively knew (less than a year … Continue reading

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Organic Certifcations: Green N Safe

Perhaps one of the biggest problems in China’s Organic industry is that there are a number of labels, several certifications, and consumer trust in any of these is poor. So, when visiting the Organic Hotpot on Shanxi road, I was … Continue reading

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Farm Visit: Shanghai Organic

Company Est 2001 by Japanese entrepreneur for local japanese community – early financial success wasn’t good. Super markets were fragmented – sold farm and returned to his business – new firm bought in and grew through grocery expansion period – … Continue reading

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Shanghai Organic Biofarm

I recently found Bio Farm products in a Huai Hai super market, and was happy to see this was the new brand of one of Shanghai first organic farms that was previously named the O Farm. With their greenhouses located … Continue reading

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Tongchu Organics

With the memories of tainted milk, eggs, and chicken still fresh in the minds of citizens in China, citizens in their role as consumers are beginning to catalyze the organics market. One of the newest entrants I have been introduced … Continue reading

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Organic Farms in Shanghai: Kiwing Fine Foods

Shangahiist has a short interview of Denise Cheng, founder of Kiwing Foods, that I found interesting. How does a group of people that has no experience in the business of farming go about doing it? We brought in experts that … Continue reading

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