Comments on: Podcast: Pun Pun - Sustainable organic farming http://www.earthoria.com/podcast-pun-pun-sustainable-organic-farming.html Travel & lifestyle articles & podcasts, by some vagabonds in Chiang Mai, Thailand Sat, 17 May 2008 01:11:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Tim Patterson http://www.earthoria.com/podcast-pun-pun-sustainable-organic-farming.html#comment-569 Tim Patterson Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:44:50 +0000 http://www.earthoria.com/podcast-pun-pun-sustainable-organic-farming.html#comment-569 Thanks for this interview - wonderful to hear Peggy and Jo again! You might enjoy an article I wrote last year about Pun Pun: http://matadortravel.com/travel-writing/thailand/sustainability/from-the-ground-up-planting-seeds-in-northern-thailand Just had a look around your website, very well done, I can't pay much ($25 per 800 word guide) but I'd be interested in publishing your work at MatadorTrips.com. Best, Tim Patterson Thanks for this interview - wonderful to hear Peggy and Jo again!

You might enjoy an article I wrote last year about Pun Pun:

http://matadortravel.com/travel-writing/thailand/sustainability/from-the-ground-up-planting-seeds-in-northern-thailand

Just had a look around your website, very well done, I can’t pay much ($25 per 800 word guide) but I’d be interested in publishing your work at MatadorTrips.com.

Best,

Tim Patterson

]]> By: elyse http://www.earthoria.com/podcast-pun-pun-sustainable-organic-farming.html#comment-521 elyse Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:15:27 +0000 http://www.earthoria.com/podcast-pun-pun-sustainable-organic-farming.html#comment-521 Tom, This is an awesome interview. Elyse Tom, This is an awesome interview. Elyse

]]> By: Rich http://www.earthoria.com/podcast-pun-pun-sustainable-organic-farming.html#comment-503 Rich Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:32:21 +0000 http://www.earthoria.com/podcast-pun-pun-sustainable-organic-farming.html#comment-503 Hey Tom, hey Tina, Great podcast, this one was very informative. I can't help but think that a closer transliteration of their name would be Pan Pan - พัน (thousand) พรรณ (varieties). They raised some very interesting points - I wonder if the use of monoculture farming is as prevalent in Thailand as it is in Europe and America. (I would imagine so in the case of certain crops, rice, pineapples and sugarcane spring to mind). There's a general belief over there that hydroponic = good - if you go to the supermarkets, you'll often see bags of hydroponically grown salad leaves that are marketed as 'hygienic'. Hygienic - perhaps, natural - no. Conversely, in the west, fruits and vegetables are never marketed as hydroponically grown - invariably because people think of this process as unnatural. Have you had a chance to go up to Mae Taeng yet? Perhaps you both could do a podcast up on their farm? :-) And was that wind in the background or has the rainy season started? :-) Rich Hey Tom, hey Tina,

Great podcast, this one was very informative.

I can’t help but think that a closer transliteration of their name would be Pan Pan - พัน (thousand) พรรณ (varieties).

They raised some very interesting points - I wonder if the use of monoculture farming is as prevalent in Thailand as it is in Europe and America. (I would imagine so in the case of certain crops, rice, pineapples and sugarcane spring to mind).

There’s a general belief over there that hydroponic = good - if you go to the supermarkets, you’ll often see bags of hydroponically grown salad leaves that are marketed as ‘hygienic’. Hygienic - perhaps, natural - no. Conversely, in the west, fruits and vegetables are never marketed as hydroponically grown - invariably because people think of this process as unnatural.

Have you had a chance to go up to Mae Taeng yet? Perhaps you both could do a podcast up on their farm? :-)

And was that wind in the background or has the rainy season started?

:-)

Rich

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