Farmshops and Resources
Fair Earth Farm offers hands-on learning opportunities for people and organizations who are interested in sustainable farming and food. These “farmshops” — who wants to go to a “work”shop? — are held at Fair Earth Farm and offsite, at neighboring farms or even your own land.
We run activities ranging from a half day to a week. We’ve held farmshops for farmers, development workers, kids and adults. The activities include techniques in integrated farming/sustainable living, home economics, Thai cooking and farm/garden design. We have curricula, but we’re happy to custom design a farmshop to fit your needs.
This section of the website features Farmshops and related resources.
By Jeff on 16 March 2011
Why do farmers burn straw? This essay collects the opinions of several experts based around the world. read more
Posted in Farmshops and Resources | Tagged agriculture, carbon, climate change, compost, health, organic, paddy, rice, rice field, straw
By Jeff on 6 March 2010
โครงการนี้ต้องการเรียนรู้เกี่ยวกับกระบวนการขององค์ความรู้ในการแพร่หลาย ของนวัตกรรมการเกษตรธรรมชาติเมื่อไม่นานมานี้ในจังหวัดเชียงใหม่ซึ่งอยู่ภาค เหนือของประเทศไทย โดยมุ่งความสนใจโดยเฉพาะไปที่องค์ความรู้เกี่ยวกับความเปลี่ยนแปลงของดินและ สภาพภูมิอากาศ read more
Posted in Farmshops and Resources | Tagged carbon, chiang mai, climate change, organic, soil, ภาษาไทย
By Jeff on 6 March 2010
This project seeks to learn about the movement of knowledge in the recent proliferation of natural farming innovations in Chiang Mai Province of northern Thailand, with a particular focus on knowledge about soil and climate change. read more
Posted in Farmshops and Resources | Tagged carbon, chiang mai, climate change, knowledge, organic, soil, thailand
By Jeff on 9 February 2010
“What’s a duck tractor?”
That was one of the many questions asked and answered at the first Fair Earth Farm community agriculture “farmshop,” supported by the US State Department. read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Farmshops and Resources | Tagged agroforestry, Ai Seud, compost, dontan, ducks, gardening, herbicides, Mulch, organic, permaculture, sheet mulch, straw, vegetables, water hyacinth
By Dan on 5 February 2010
A short video from our community agriculture farmshop on the 30th of January… read more
Posted in Farmshops and Resources, Videos / วีดีโอ
By Les on 5 February 2010
Local farmers, environmentalists from Kachin State and some interested foreigners attended the latest Fair Earth Farm Farmshop, bringing the numbers to over thirty. In a friendly and informal setting we discussed the goals of Fair Earth Farm and some of the principles and techniques which are used there… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Farmshops and Resources | Tagged agriculture
By Alongkorn on 2 February 2010
First Fair Earth Farm community farming “farmshop”
เมื่อวันเสาร์ที่ผ่านมา (30 มกราคม 2552) ทาง Fair Earth Farm ได้จัดงาน Organic Farming Farmshop ขึ้นโดยมีทั้งเพื่อนบ้านชาวดอนตัน เพื่อนชาวคะฉิ่น และเพื่อนชาวอเมริกันมาร่วมงานด้วย ซึ่งเราคาดหวังว่านี่จะเป็นจุดเริ่มต้นที่ดีสำหรับการสร้างเครือข่าย CSA ให้เกิดขึ้นในอนาคตอันใกล้นี้…
The Fair Earth team organized a participatory “farmshop” January 30 with the help of friends from Burma’s Kachin State, neighboring Dorn Tarn village, and elsewhere. We learned about planting rice — and planted some — using innovative methods, and also created a few “instant veggie beds.” read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Farmshops and Resources | Tagged activity, organic, ภาษาไทย
By Jeff on 30 January 2010
What do you get when you cross a dozen Kachin environmentalists, a group of northern Thai neighbors and a handful of whacky green people on the farm – a great day of knowledge sharing and food planting! read more
Posted in Farmshops and Resources, Photos / รูปภาพ | Tagged agriculture, compost, dontan, Kachin, new theory agriculture, paddy, permaculture, rice, sheet mulch, SRI, straw, thai, vegetables, water hyacinth, weeds
By Dan on 2 May 2009
Our friends at UHDP have published some great (free) agriculture guides for the Southeast Asia region. read more
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