By Jeff on 30 November 2009
I’ve been asked to explain the nature of our work with the upland Palaung villagers with whom we are partnering in the CSA project. Here are a few questions and answers for a start.
1. Who are the Palaung?
As I understand it, they’re not actually “Palaung” at all. They call themselves Dara-Ang. The Shan, and following them, the Burmese, call them “Palaung,”… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged agroforestry, Chiang Dao, Dara-Ang, Palaung, peanuts, rice, thailand, upland
By Dan on 29 November 2009
Ai Seud, Jeff, Justin and I spent Friday afternoon threshing the first batch of this season’s Fair Earth organic rice. Here’s a short video… read more
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By Jeff on 27 November 2009
Here are a few photos from our 2-day trip to Pang Daeng, a Palaung village near Chiang Dao. We spent most of the second day visiting their upland fields and agroforests. We had beautiful November weather that highlighted a lot of new agriculture knowledge and great Palaung home cookin’!… read more
Posted in Photos / รูปภาพ | Tagged agroforestry, Palaung, peanuts, rattan, traditional knowledge, upland
By Jeff on 26 November 2009
The CSA basket for this last, refreshingly chilly week in November represents some things old and some things new… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Latest | Tagged basket, herbicides, paddy, peanuts, rice, rice harvest, value added
By siraseth on 21 November 2009
“Fair Earth Farm” ได้ก่อตั้งขึ้นในปี พ.ศ.2550 โดยเป็นฟาร์มเกษตรธรรมชาติขนาดเล็ก ซึ่งห่างออกไปจากตัวเมืองเชียงใหม่ประมาณ 20 กิโลเมตร กิจกรรมในฟาร์มเป็นไปในลักษณะของการเกษตรธรรมชาติแบบผสมผสานเพื่อให้เกิด ความยั่งยืน ความมั่นคงทางอาหารของชุมชน สุขภาพของผู้ผลิตและผู้บริโภคตลอดจนการฟื้นฟูสิ่งแวดล้อม ปัจจุบันเริ่มมีผลผลิตคือ ผัก ผลไม้และพืชสมุนไพรประจำท้องถิ่น นอกจากนี้ยังรวมถึงผลผลิตจากสัตว์เช่น ไก่ เป็ด และปลา… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged dontan, history, thai, ภาษาไทย
By Dan on 19 November 2009
It’s been really quiet on our new website over the past few months, but that certainly doesn’t mean we’ve been lazy. We have secured two substantial grants and we will be kicking off the community agriculture project in December. There will be many changes to the website and a lot of new content… read more
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By Dan on 19 November 2009
We’ll begin harvesting the Fair Earth Farm rice on the 23rd of November, but our neighbor has already started… read more
Posted in Videos / วีดีโอ | Tagged chiang mai, rice harvest, thailand
By Les on 14 November 2009
‘You don’t have a snail problem, you’ve got a duck deficiency’. Bill Mollison.
One of the things I like about permaculture is its very positive approach. Problems can become an asset if we can think outside the square and successfully apply creative thinking.
Sitting by the canal the other day, Jeff and I were visited by a neighbour. Jeff had pulled out a large pond snail (Pomacea
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged ducks, Mollison, permaculture, pests, rice
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