Paraquat is not a tropical fruit in China.  It is one of the most widely used herbicides (weed killer) used worldwide.  It is popular because it quickly kills plant tissue on contact and is very inexpensive.  Its famous for a number of reasons, it’s banned from use in the Europe since 2004 but remains used in USA and other parts of the world. 
Sarojeni V. Rengam, at Pesticide Action Network, has called it the most toxic herbicide marketed globally since WWII. 
Guangdong, The Canton Province, is China’s richest province and the most …

An over a millienium old tradition is being reborn and explored in China.  Modern Agricultural Science Demonstration Park at Xiaotangshan, is located in Beijing, 17 Kilometers from the Asia Games Village.  It’s a planned community, 111 sq K, of which 2/3 is used for farming and rest is an urban community.  Don’t get too excited, it seems there is nothing organic yet and the “exciting” news is that ‘tomato trees’, ‘vertical pillar cultivation’, ‘industrialized seedling production line’ exist.  While I wouldn’t call this great news to hear, lots of good …

The Congressional Research Service, a research arm of the USA Congress recently presented a report titled: “Health and Safety Concerns Over US Imports of Chinese Products: An Overview” publish January 2008 by Wayne Morrison
The report largely references news Stories from 2007, criticizing USA importants of Chiense products based on a number of safety concerns and lack of regulation. 
Some snatch shots of the stories:

Xinhua News Agency reported that former director of State Food and Drug andministration had been sentenced to death for bribes, $850,000 USD for apporivng untested medicines, executed …

Looking to find the pulse and epicenter of the organic food movement, I went straight to the top. I asked epicurean and sustainability expert Dean Decrease of www.thefourthelement.org for any food leaders he knew in Shanghai. No surprise he sent me over to Christian Rassinoux who is the executive chef at the Portman Ritz-Cartlon and overseas all of Ritz’ restaurants in China.

Christian is a princely, handsome gray haired master chef. His charm made it no surprise when I later found out he was knighted by the president of France. Over …

I started this blog because despite my best attempts and the raw power of a search engine like Google, I cannot find anyone reporting regularly on Organic food movements in China.
So here you have it. This is my attempt to find those reporting on Organics, report myself, and solicit stories from you.
This will be everything and anything organic.
Featuring

Organic produce
Chefs
Food movement leaders
Farms
Restaurants
Stores
Food Safety
Deliciousness
Accountability / Green Washing

I’ll need help. I aspire OC to be in English and Chinese so we can get the most readers, contributors, and hopefully inspire consumers as well …