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Archive Home > 2011 > July > 16 > China’s farmers struggle even as food prices continue to rise

China’s farmers struggle even as food prices continue to rise

By David Pierson / The Bulletin
July 16, 2011

SIJIAZHUANG, China — Han Jin thought he had a foolproof business plan to get his family out of debt. He rented extra land next to his tiny farm here to grow heaps of cabbage at a time when the price of the leafy vegetable was soaring.

But when it came time to harvest this spring, the hapless....

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