Cleaner Greener China

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 of the other organic farms this is a huge project and they [...]

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 been conscious of our surroundings in terms or air, water, food but [...]

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 packaging was that it was transparent. English and Chinese labels, with province of origin.  There were [...]

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 on inside the green houses.
Needless to say, I am glad to be meeting with members [...]

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 old) and that they are in the process of applying for their organic status. A [...]

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 intrigued by the restaurant’s Green N Safe certification.
A coalition of three groups, 2 based in Taiwan [...]

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
- own 2 farms in shanghai
- have 4 partner farms in north/ south china ( must be certified, inspections [...]

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 in the south of Shanghai’s Pudong district, this facility was opened in 2004 and has been [...]

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 to is Tongchu Organics.
According to the site, their farm in Fengxian (south Shanghai):
is about 60,000 sq. [...]

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 had done work at the School of Agriculture here. We also are surrounded by farmland that [...]