Feed: a food systems podcast

Feeding 1 in 6. Vertical pork

May 28, 2026·59 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

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/ episode100 Want to share your reflections on the episode?...

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