Jarrett Wrisley

Bennett Haynes, 24, has worked for AAN for over a year in this corner of Northeastern Thailand.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.

Jarrett Wrisley

A pot of sticky rice, steaming over a wood fire.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.

Jarrett Wrisley

Another practice that the AAN and many other agricultural organizations are trying to do away with in Thailand is the burning of rice straw in the dry season. I passed this field, and this burning palm, on the way to Nong Yang.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.

Jarrett Wrisley

A typical farmhouse on the outskirts of Nong Yang, in Yasothorn Province, Thailand.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.

Jarrett Wrisley

This farmer moved back home from Bangkok to farm dragon fruit—the fruit-producing cactus he's holding—organically. His family also teaches other farmers how to wean themselves off of pesticides and herbicides.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.

Jarrett Wrisley

Du Lang is a devout Buddhist and a professorial organic farmer and seed researcher. He grows about 170 varieties of rice.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.

Jarrett Wrisley

A germinated kernel of rice.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.

Jarrett Wrisley

Baby frogs that will later be released into the paddies to be raised as food and control insects. Catfish also thrive in paddies, in the absence of chemicals.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.

Jarrett Wrisley

Du Lang's first crop this year.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.

Jarrett Wrisley

Different strains of last year's crop on display.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.

Jarrett Wrisley

Cucumbers being sorted for what Du Lang calls "country genetic" research.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.

Jarrett Wrisley

Our delicious meal of free range chicken, young jackfruit salad, mangoes, and baskets of sticky rice.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.

Jarrett Wrisley

The end.

Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.