Cream of the Crop
China is building its own replica of an Iowa corn farm
Grant Kimberley is a corn farmer in Iowa. The Chinese government is building a replica of his farm and his entire Midwestern town.
Plus, what some farm workers have to fear from a Trump presidency; why one hospital is training farm workers to also work as medical interpreters; how the history of Islamic Studies in the US began with a man falling off a donkey; and how one woman reconnected with her birth country through vegetables. Finally, we meet the world's most precious chicken.
(Image: A blue ribbon is displayed next to a display of ears of corn at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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- Sat 17 Dec 201600:32GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
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