Feeding 1 in 6. Vertical pork

Today China produces roughly half the world's pork. Getting there required swine genetics from multiple continents, feed from Brazil, and a disease outbreak that wiped out hundreds of millions of animals. This episode asks how they did it, and what that cost - to the household pig, to the smallholder farmer, and to ecosystems thousands of kilometers away.For more info, transcript and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode100Want to share your reflections on the episode? Send us an email or voice memo to [email protected] Lane, Agricultural consultant in BeijingLi Zhang, Prof in Sociology and Environmental Studies at Amherst CollegeGustavo Oliveira, Prof in Geography at Clark UniversityEpisode written, hosted, produced and edited by Matthew Kessler. Sound mixing by Martin Palmqvist. Music by Blue dot sessions.