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Food Sovereignty — making a difference, three meals a day

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

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Knowing Earth and Sky Project: Mapping the Transmission of Knowledge in Natural Farming (abstract)

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

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Visit to Kru Pratum's Farm - 20 JAN 2010

Visit to Kru Pratum’s Farm – 20 JAN 2010

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

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Palaung FAQ

Palaung FAQ

By Jeff on 30 November 2009

I’ve been asked to explain the nature of our work with the upland Palaung villagers with whom we are partnering in the CSA project. Here are a few questions and answers for a start.

1. Who are the Palaung?

As I understand it, they’re not actually “Palaung” at all. They call themselves Dara-Ang. The Shan, and following them, the Burmese, call them “Palaung,”… read more

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Neighbor's Rice Harvest

Neighbor’s Rice Harvest

By Dan on 19 November 2009

We’ll begin harvesting the Fair Earth Farm rice on the 23rd of November, but our neighbor has already started… read more

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