Organic Rice and Compost Demonstration Plot
Dan's project tested and implemented organic rice production using organic compost in a small watershed area of Chiang Mai, Thailand. The goal was to teach local rice farmers and residents as well as visitors (100,000 people a year) to the Huai Hong Krai Krai Royal Development Study Center, about alternatives to chemical fertilizers in rice production.
In June, program manager Leah Atwood attended MESA’s second Ecuadorian Alumni Reunion. Over 25 Steward alumni from eight different provinces were there, traveling up to 12 hours to reach the highlands of Riobamba.
Kevin Cody, a graduate student at UCSC has been awarded a grant to study MESA! To “assess the potential to ‘scale-up’ innovations in sustainable agriculture (SA) through a case study of the organization, ..."