Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Chongqing lets farmers carry large baskets to market on subway line
With a population of around 17 million, Chongqing is one of the largest
metropolitan cities in China. It serves as a center for finance in the Sichuan
Basin and the upstream Yangtze, as well as for manufacturing and
transportation. Passengers on Line 4, one of the nine subway lines in the city,
may find farmers carrying large bamboo baskets filled with fresh vegetables even
during rush hours. This allows the farmers to sell their produce at a higher
price in the heart of the city than in the nearby villages of their farms. Also,
city residents can get fresher vegetables at lower prices at the morning
markets in the city center where farmers bring their produce on the early
morning trains. It may look odd to see some passengers punching their PCs on
their way to work while farmers carrying farm produce on the city subway, but it
might be a new way to create a more sustainable and harmonic city life.
Read the article and learn about how Chongqing farmers use subways.
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