The right stuff

Running a successful eatery means being able to source good ingredients. That challenge prompted one picky restaurateur to start his own farm on Chongming island, Xu Junqian discovers.

Bao Hua has three priorities for 2017: to open the fifth branch of his fine dining chain in Shanghai, to keep perfecting his signature red braised pork, and to build a running track for some 50 pigs at his farm in Chongming island.

The last task, the restaurateur says, is the foundation for all his work.