Paralyzed man builds high tech greenhouse from bed with his mom and sister by his side

In a quiet corner of Chongqing, a metropolis in China s southwest, 36yearold Li Xia runs a hightech hydroponic farm without leaving his bed. Li was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy as a child, a rare disease that slowly took away his ability to move. Today, he can move just one finger and one toe, but thats all he needs to run a smart farm through an app he built himself. Lying in a container home next to the greenhouses, Li directs his 62yearold mother, Wu Dimei, by phone. In the 40C heat, Li Xia redesigned the greenhouse cooling system as his mom did the wiring and pipes. Together with his younger sister, Li Qian, who quit her job to join the project, they built the smart farm from scratch. The farm still isnt profitable. Yet, Li Qian covers expenses from her own small business, believing in her brothers dream. Despite the hardships, the family pushes on. Li has even written training documents to teach his sister