quinta-feira, 9 de fevereiro de 2023

Recortes de artigo do New York Times sobre torres de porcos na China

“Everything has gone up"

pork supply is a strategic imperative

as tall as the London tower that houses Big Ben


high-definition cameras 

uniformed technicians in a NASA-like command center

more than one million pounds of food a day 

through high-tech feeding troughs

a long love affair with pigs


a symbol of prosperity

the country’s strategic pork reserve


mammoth industrialized pig farms

have sprung up

“Everything has


Hubei Zhongxin Kaiwei Modern Animal Husbandry


background in cement is useful in pig farming

hot baths and warm drinking water to the pigs


one-quarter of the feed will come out 

as dry excrement that can be repurposed 

as methane to generate 

electricity


would “fall under others’ control if we don’t hold our rice bowl steady”

Mr. Xi said 

“We would never dare do that,” 

Mr. Stuart said

“It’s just too risky”


go vertical

on the world


as tall as

Everything





(recortado daqui)

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