When the school lunch is toxic, organic farmers find a niche
When the canteen lunches in several schools across the country were found to be contaminated with pesticide residue, organic farmers in Kalasin province took action.
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Sweetness & Power (12) – Travelling for survival, Isaan’s honeybees might be helping save Thailand’s fruit industry
The combined challenges of monocropping and pesticide use have prompted beekeepers, academics, and environmentalists to speak out in the name of bees, biodiversity, and the businesses that use honey.
The Isaan Record
September 20, 2019
Sweetness & Power (11) – Travelling for survival, Isaan’s honeybees face an increasingly hostile environment
Modern farming is destroying traditional sources of nectar. Increasingly, beekeepers are becoming mobile, transporting their bees throughout Isaan and even to other regions in search of nectar.
The Isaan Record
September 18, 2019
Health or high yields? : Pesticides ban divides farmers in the Northeast
Farmers in the Northeast are divided over a proposed ban of two widely used pesticides