Can China kick its animal antibiotic habit?
by Charlotte Middlehurst in Beijing from on (#3SJVS)
It could be a struggle, but the world's largest consumer of antibiotics is trying to convince its farmers to change their ways
High in the hills of Fuzhou, surrounded by acres of rustling bamboo, is a small farm that is pioneering something genuinely unusual in China. Here in the Fujian province, they have turned their backs on industrial farming in favour of natural methods.
After years of working in the industrial farming sector Mr Sun (not his real name - he asked to remain anonymous) wanted to create a space to raise animals with "respect for nature, respect for life".
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