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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 3 March 2011
Fair Earth Farm was invited to Yangon to talk about the convergence of organic farming and fair trade. See the video talks here. read more
Posted in Videos / วีดีโอ | Tagged agriculture, carbon, climate change, CSA, organic, permaculture, pesticides, rice
By Jeff on 25 February 2011
Do you know much about the food you eat? And what could you do about if you did? Food sovereignty is about knowledge and power. read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Latest | Tagged agriculture, CSA, food sovereignty, health, organic, thailand
By Jeff on 20 February 2011
JJ Organic Market is one of Chiang Mai’s premiere organic venues. Open Wednesday and Saturday mornings, it’s a great place to meet committed organic farmers and buy delicious food. Have a look at these links and pay them a visit soon. read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Latest | Tagged agriculture, markets, organic
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 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 Jeff on 22 January 2010
We recently spent half a day with Kru Pratum at her farm. Have a look at Les’s post about the trip or Tu’s Thai blog. Here are a few photos from the farm visit… read more
Posted in Photos / รูปภาพ | Tagged agriculture, Biological pest control, climate change, kru pratum, new theory agriculture, rice, rice field, soil organic matter, straw, thailand
By Alongkorn on 15 January 2010
Uncle Kwai and his views on agrarian change in Dorn Tarn village
พ่อควาย โสภา อายุ 81 ปี เป็นคนที่บ้านดอนตันและทำการเกษตรที่นี่ตั้งแต่เกิด ดังนั้นการเปลี่ยนแปลงต่าง ๆ ของบ้านดอนตันโดยเฉพาะในเรื่องการเกษตรในช่วงหลายสิบปีที่ผ่านมานี้จึงอยู่ในสายตาของพ่อควายมาโดยตลอด… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged agriculture, history, ภาษาไทย
By Alongkorn on 11 January 2010
ลุงดี อายุ 73 ปี เป็นคนบ้านดอนตันและทำอาชีพเกษตรกรรมมาตั้งแต่เกิด ลุงดีเป็นหนึ่งในเกษตรกรหลาย ๆ คนที่หันมาปลูกดอกในช่วง 10 ปีที่ผ่านมา และคิดว่าการปลูกดอกนั้นให้ผลดีขึ้นกับชีวิตของลุงดีหลาย ๆ อย่าง… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged agriculture, gardening, ภาษาไทย
By Jeff on 4 December 2009
The Fair Earth rice harvest certainly wasn’t finished in a day (partially because we had a few different varieties of rice), but with the help of many friends the rice season finished on a sunny, high note. Here are a few photos of the harvest gang in action… read more
Posted in Photos / รูปภาพ | Tagged agriculture, friends, rice field, rice harvest, thresh
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