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	<title>Fair Earth Farm &#187; straw</title>
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		<title>What effect does burning straw have on rice paddy soil (and crop)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do farmers burn straw? This essay collects the opinions of several experts based around the world. ]]></description>
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		<title>Duck tractors, instant gardens and fun on the farm &#8212; farmshop number 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“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. ]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Farmshop Photo Gallery &#8211; 30 JAN 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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!]]></description>
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		<title>Visit to Kru Pratum&#8217;s Farm &#8211; 20 JAN 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<title>Soil, climate and profitable farming</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Les</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["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.")...]]></description>
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		<title>Paper Mulch Gardens</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Les</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CSA baskets are being distributed. It would be good to improve the diversity of produce in them, so we need to get fast yielding annual vegetables in the ground straight away. One of the current issues facing small seedlings and vegetables on the Fair Earth Farm is the damage caused by ducks and chickens. For [...]]]></description>
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