Within it’s 26 stories, a planned high-rise is going to host an unlikely occupant: pigs. As part of an effort to get more into vertical farming from Beijin, a company called Hubei Zhongxinkaiwei Modern Farming has created a skyscraper which it claims comes with air-conditioned and ventilated floors in the central city of Ezhou.
The Ezhou project, which began two years ago and costs 4 billion yuan (US$565 million) has is part of China’s strategy to meet growing demand for pork on limited land.
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