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Xiaowei Wang

Xiaowei Wang are a writer, designer, and coder. In their role as creative director at Logic Magazine, their work encompasses community-based and public art and tech projects. They are working toward a PhD at UC Berkeley. They are the author of the book Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China’s Countryside. icon

The World Is a Factory Farm

By Xiaowei Wang

If factory farming is the source of pathogens like SARS-CoV-2, could smaller-scale farms and communities—even in China—be the safest alternative?

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