By Jeff on 2 November 2011
A friend in Chiang Mai has been a big help in explaining how to raise rabbits for meat on a small farm. This letter details the trials and tribulations and learning. read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Latest | Tagged animal feed, compost, forage, gardening, rabbits, vegetables, water hyacinth, weeds
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 Les on 1 June 2010
Although we are halfway through the calendar year, for plants it is the start of a new year as the wet season slowly brings its life giving rain. read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Latest | Tagged annuals, compost, ducks, Genetically modified crops, pests, seed saving, sheet mulch, vegetables
By Jeff on 20 February 2010
The mornings in Chiang Mai lately have been wonderfully cool, but the searing heat of noon suggests that we’re heading toward the… read more
Posted in Latest | Tagged Ai Seud, annuals, basket, compost, gardening, sheet mulch, vegetables, weeds
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 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 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
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