Farming in China

"What does this tomato plant in MN have to do with us going to China?" You ask. Well, not much, but we are pleased that our friends and neighbors will be able to harvest some food from our "organic, drought-grown garden this Fall.

We are really looking forward to eating real Chinese food like chicken anti-freeze, weet-sour phonebook and happy shoebox.

When was the last time that the New York Times printed a paper without mentioning China? It seems every article mentions the Middle Kingdom, nowadays.

Some of our friends have hooked us up with guanxi in Qingdao and nearby cities. These will be quite beneficial once we've been over there for a while and want to branch out. But, much of the other China news we hear about from acquaintances and friends is about the pollution, the poverty, the unsanitary conditions, etc - I didn't know this about China, perhaps we will can the whole idea!

If we're lucky they'll have fried chicken ailerons or pocket lady cookery book like they did in the Czech Republic - man that stuff was good! At least 15 cents for a bag of Tsingtao brew can brighten any smoggy days we have over there.