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2007-03-29 | permalink
With an eye to the future of rice farming in Thailand, a local grassroots organisation is bringing together youth in a north-eastern rice-growing province in a celebration of the diverse varieties of this staple grown in the traditional way.
The event in Kalasin, from Mar. 28 to Apr. 4, aims to ”expose the young to the local rice-growing culture,” says Janphen Ruyan, programme manager of the Foundation of Reclaiming Rural Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Action. ”Rice is our life; it is not something we just consume.”
2007-03-29 | permalink
With an eye to the future of rice farming in Thailand, a local grassroots organisation is bringing together youth in a north-eastern rice-growing province in a celebration of the diverse varieties of this staple grown in the traditional way.
The event in Kalasin, from Mar. 28 to Apr. 4, aims to ”expose the young to the local rice-growing culture,” says Janphen Ruyan, programme manager of the Foundation of Reclaiming Rural Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Action. ”Rice is our life; it is not something we just consume.”
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