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Eating less rice benefits farmers, the environment

News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 01/10/2014

» Growing up in a typical rice-farming family — my mother was also a rice noodle vendor during the dry season — I am accustomed to eating rice or rice noodles three times a day and have a lot of empathy for rice farmers whenever rice prices are low. But instead of eating more rice and rice noodles to help increase demand — and hopefully the price — I now eat far less rice and almost no rice noodles. I believe this not only helps rice farmers, but also reduce my environmental footprint. It will also make me relatively healthier.