PO S T D O C T O R A L f e l l o w o fTsinghua University Shi Yanfounded China’s first CSA(Community Supported Agriculture) farm a couple of years ago.
Her aim is to supply consumers directly, exclusive of intermediary links,
with green farm products. There are
now 500 or more such farms in China.
Curious about Shi’s project, and how
she made the concept of bringing
green food directly to people’s tables a
reality, China Today interviewed Shi
Yan on her farm in Beijing’s Shunyi
District.