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I'm off to uncover the secrets of our natural world. By speaking with and interviewing organic and sustainable farmers from around the globe, I hope to better my own understanding of the earth and plants that we all depend on. Please, join me.
Northern Thailand’s Smokey Season
When I picture places like East Asia in my mind I find myself imagining small villages full of huts with thatched roofs and shanty towns where families cook dinners on open fires. It’s funny how even after spending quite a bit of time traveling around east Asia and seeing how westernized it’s truly become, my…
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A Day To Remember
Elephants have been an integral part of Thai culture for thousands of years. Not only do the creatures play an essential role in the Buddhist faith, the dominant faith of the country, but they were used as tools in the teak logging industry as well as war machines in the ancient Thai army. These creatures,…
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The Land Of The Plastic Bag
When traveling to Thailand, and most of Asia for that matter, one thing becomes quite apparent remarkably quickly. The power and importance of the plastic bag. Not only is it a tool that you see people using every day and all day, but it’s an item that you see everywhere, even when it seems out…
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Haoma Photos
(My own as well as a few from the restaurant sight itself to better illustrate its layout)
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Haoma. Fine Dining The Farm To Table Way
Hello my Nomads!! So, if you haven’t noticed I recently celebrated a Birthday and thanks to my amazing father and stepmother, got to take a little two-week break from writing. In those two weeks, the night before my birthday in fact, I decided to treat my travel companion and I, Geeky Greeky as I have…
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Penny Royal Farm
Welcome back dear reader. Last week in honor of Alice’s birthday we offered to give her a brief vacation from blog writing and provide her with a copy about our sustainable studies on Laucala Island in Fiji. Alice’s stepmum Samantha led the charge on that initial installment about the animal husbandry and amazing food…
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A Leap Abroad to Fiji
A Special Guest Column to Celebrate Alice’s Birthday By Samantha Good & Christopher Kirkham As you can see from the byline above, this is not a blog by Alice but rather her dad (Christopher) and stepmum (Samantha). We thought it would be fun to give Alice a break this week to celebrate her Birthday!…
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The Sustainable Nomad 