Bennett Haynes, 24, has worked for AAN for over a year in this corner of Northeastern Thailand.
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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.
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Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.
Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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Jarrett Wrisley profiles the rice farmers who are pushing for a return to tradition in
Thailand's Other Protests: Pro-Sustainable Food.
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Du Lang's first crop this year.