By Jeff on 30 December 2011
The most recent round of UN climate talks produced little of substance. One thing that did emerge was the promotion of something called climate-smart agriculture. Here are some thoughts, photos and links. read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Latest | Tagged climate change, organic
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 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 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 Les on 21 January 2010
“The Nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself,” Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937.
The converse is also true; by building soil a nation can build itself. People such as national champion farmer Ms. Pratum Suriya who we visited today are nation builders and vital to the future of this or any other country. (She is known as Kru Pratum, or “Teacher Pratum.”)… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged carbon, climate change, compost, herbicides, millipedes, rice field, straw, value added
By Jeff on 22 December 2009
ARHUS, Denmark—The climate talks in Copenhagen were a farce – and an expensive farce at 200+ million bucks – but they were important in exposing the world political order for what it is. And it’s not pretty… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged climate change
By Jeff on 12 December 2009
COPENHAGEN—It’s easy to get lost here at the UN climate talks in Denmark. The flood of people, the forests of documents and fliers, the swarm of numbers; they even have their own language – and it’s not Danish. Climatese, we can call it; a new language of power in our world.
But now and then there are moments of frank speech. This, from a leading Chinese delegate, Ambassador Yu… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged carbon, climate change
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