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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

"THESE LITTLE PIGGIES WENT TO MARKET": THE CHINA PORK MARKET THEN & NOW


THE CHINA 
PORK MARKET 
THEN & NOW 


MADE IN THE SHADE 


PIGS TO MARKET, YAN'AN, CHINA, 1981 

Thirty years later:   The government of China is seeking to push up the production of pork to meet rising demand and push down rising prices (up almost sixty percent in one year for China's most popular meat).   Pig farming is to be subsidized; farmers are to increase the supply of live pigs!  

More pork here and here

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