China's supermarkets: Where you should shop, and where you shouldn't

Green Peace recently published a list of the safest supermarkets in China, ranking 14 venues from best to worse. Interesting to note that Walmart placed in just seventh place, while Japan's Ito Yokado came in last.

1. Carrefour

2. Auchan

3. Shanghai City

4. Chaoshifa

5. Huapu

6. Ito Beijing

7. Walmart

8. Lianhua (Hualian, Century Mart)

9. Wumart

10. Nonggongshang

11. Lotus

12. Vanguard

13. Aeon (North), Jusco (South), PARKnSHOP, Jingkelong, Rtmart, Suguo

14. Ito Yokado, Chengdu, Tesco

You can find the link here.

I would like to add the following farms where you can get fresh organic produce and dried provisions to stock up your kitchen larder:

Sheng Lin Ecological Farm

100 Lv Zhang Lu, Lv Bu Tun, Zhang Zhen, Shunyi District, Beijing

Tel: 158 1093 4622 61488091

圣林生态农庄 顺义区张镇吕布屯吕张路100号

Shunyi Fangjiayuan Farm

Baofang Village West, Zhao Quan Ying Zhen, Shunyi District, Beijing

Tel: 133 9186 8892 133 4111 0221

顺义芳嘉园农场：顺义区赵全营镇豹房村西

Note: Fangjiayuan Farm welcomes people who are willing to learn to do farming. If you're interested please contact Mr. Duan. Mr. Duan delivers into town once a week, and consumers pay for the gas. His vegetables cost Rmb 3 per 500 grams in the summer; Rmb 4 per 500 grams in the winter. Fruits include: apricots, pears, hawthorns, persimmons, jujube and grapes. Grains: cornmeal, wheat flour, soybeans, mung beans, peanuts, garden peas, kidney beans. Eggs: chicken eggs, duck eggs and goose eggs at Rmb 15/500 grams.

Beijing God’s Grace Garden (A bio-dynamic farm in operation since 2001, a self-sustainable ecosystem)

Jiangcun village, Liangxiang,Fangshan District, Beijing

Tel: 1-370-127-7398 Email: tfyjlb@sina.com

北京市天福园种植中心 房山区良乡江村 建于2001年，生物活力农耕农庄，自养的生态系统

Heng Rong Ecological Farm (located in Shanxi province)

Tel: 400-010-0070 Email: hengrong.tmall.com

衡荣生态农场

Gao Yicheng

Tel: 131 9499 0983

Unit 16, Anlong Village, Andezhen, Pi Xian, Chengdu

高一程 成都市郫县安德镇安龙村16组

For more information about the Gao family farm read A Fresh Start 

Comments

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Walmart placed in just seventh place?