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Start a farm in your bedroom: Vertical farms
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/06/2016
» Small indoor farms in garage or bedroom, growing in popularity with price-competitive microgreens for salads or sandwiches.
What's new in business news: March 20, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/03/2014
» Illegal waste dump sites in Thailand, petrol taxes much higher than Malaysia & secret govt rice sales with falling rice prices.
Rice problems: Big list
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/07/2013
» Global reputation at risk. First report in series exploring Thai rice production strengths & weaknesses.
Eating insects: Sudden popularity
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/05/2013
» Everyone is eating insects nowadays, even expensive restaurants (US, Thai, Japanese) but the old traditions of collecting & cooking insects haven't changed much.
Govt controls rice price, small farmer businesses fail
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/03/2013
» As govt becomes only buyer of rice, local farmer groups producing high quality rice products forced out of business.
Govt banks: Rice funding costs rise as risk rises
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/03/2013
» As govt becomes sole buyer of rice in country & govt rice stocks rise with few sales, govt bank borrowing costs grow.
Rice policy mainly benefits rich people
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/08/2012
» Poor farmers get 5% of govt rice program money, merchants & millers get 63%.
Bringing durians back to life
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/07/2012
» Floods in 2011 killed almost all the durian trees in Nonthaburi. Major efforts to replant these trees are underway.
Cancer chemicals in your vegetables?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/07/2012
» Vegetables you cook with everyday (cabbage, kale, beans, morning glory, chilli) may have cancer-causing chemicals in them.
Farming for a new generation
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/07/2012
» With goal of raising farm productivity 52 times to 259,000 baht per rai, sparking a new interest in farming as a career is the aim of this project.