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America's pumpkin queen has a request - don't carve, cook
Muse, Published on 29/10/2016
» Sarah Frey is the undisputed pumpkin queen of America. She grows more jacks (field shorthand for the basic big orange Halloween model) than anyone else in the country. This autumn, she shipped more than 5 million. If it hadn't been so hot and humid, she would have shipped more.
Weighed down by heavy metals
B Magazine, Published on 12/06/2016
» Few things wake you up more sharply when reading a scan of toxin levels in your body than the words ARSENIC: HIGH.
A cuppa sustainability
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 25/05/2016
» For the urban cool, coffee has somehow become a form of luxurious indulgence -- not just a tonic to wake you up in the morning, or a kick to keep your eyes wide open in the yawning afternoon. But for Theerasit Amornsaensuk, managing director of Green Net SE, coffee drinking has a higher function still -- that of protecting forested mountains, while coffee-growing can provide a means for local villagers to coexist with their environment.
Leading the way
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/04/2016
» Although a small country surrounded by hostile neighbours, Israel still shines economically. The Thai public are probably not aware of the people's extraordinary traits that make them some of the world's great innovators.
Social style in Scandinavia
Life, Pattramon Sukprasert, Published on 02/03/2016
» Style is an important factor in fashion. And yet there can be something else, beyond style itself, in clothes and the way they are created for consumption.
UN plan to end hunger demands diet change
Life, Published on 20/10/2015
» In trendy, hipster London or New York, it's all about juicing, vegan diets and snacking on kale crisps. Thousands of miles away, in Nairobi or Bogota, the middle classes are more likely to reach for roasted goat or a juicy steak.
A Trunk-Full of love
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 19/08/2015
» Carol Buckley first encountered an elephant when she was 19 and that short moment became a turning point in her life. Drawn into their intelligence and playfulness -- and by her sympathy towards the neglected condition of elephants -- Buckley has been putting efforts towards improving their welfare for the last 40 years.
Transformative social change
Life, Published on 10/08/2015
» From a website that turns a purchase of a hot deal into a donation for a charity of choice in Thailand to a brewer that gives all of its profit to a prostate cancer foundation in the United Kingdom, social entrepreneurs from 16 countries in Asia, Americas, Africa and Europe converged in San Francisco last month to contest for the US$750,000 (26 million baht) The Venture Final Pitch prize organised by Pernod Ricard and its whisky Chival Regal.
The challenge of sustenance security
Life, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 29/07/2015
» Whether walking into an air-conditioned supermarket or taking a stroll through a fresh market, there is almost no sign of food shortage anywhere in Thailand. But in little more than a generation from now, food might become harder to come by in many countries — including Thailand.
Sporty does it
Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 03/07/2015
» How many times have you shown up at a hangout in your workout get-up because you’ve hit the gym before or plan to after?