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Shake, rattle and roll

This is how we get around to our business meetings in Yangon. Dead cheap and we’re always delivered more or less to the door. You have to run and jump a bit sometimes to get on to the bus but the drivers are pretty flexible about it all. Side benefit is that we get toContinue reading “Shake, rattle and roll”

Green rooftops?

I would love to get hold of this rooftop and make it green! #bokashimyanmar #greenrooftops #greenyangon

Brave attempts

Lots of brave attempts to grow something nice on a street corner. A bit tough when there’s no good soil… Which is why we’re going to give bokashi a good chance! /Jenny #bokashimyanmar #bokashi #urbansoilsucks

Cashews on trees

Who would have thought cashew nuts look like this when they grow? We’re sticking our nose into everything these days, and when we came across a cashew nut plantation on the way back from the rice mill we just had to check it out. Well, it turned out the fruits didn’t taste that good andContinue reading “Cashews on trees”

What is bokashi?

Bokashi is a great way of making rich, living soil out of everyday food waste. There are other types of bokashi used in other applications auch as agriculture, it’s a broad concept. But it always involves EM microbes, fermentation and organic material. Our focus here in this community is on food and organic waste fromContinue reading “What is bokashi?”

What’s in the pots?

Amazingly, for any of us that live in Europe, it seems like all commercial plants are potted up in a mix of biochar and sand. Nearly all char in fact. Seems to be working but we’re not quite sure of the process used to transform the readily available rice husks to biochar. But we’re ontoContinue reading “What’s in the pots?”

First day, first meeting

We’re on! First day, first meeting. We have a long list of questionmarks; many ideas but no concrete plans. We’ve booked a bunch of meetings with people we think can help us get started. Here we’re talking with U Myint Lwin of the Myanmar Nature Farming Network. He’s a microbiologist, passionate about soil, and hasContinue reading “First day, first meeting”

The markets of Mandalay

This is one of the markets in Mandalay, Myanmar! You can pretty much find everything here — chilis, onions, spinach, the works. Such a colorful and interesting place. Tons of food comes in every day, gets bought and sold, and sure enough all the leftovers are left lying around at the end of theContinue reading “The markets of Mandalay”