From Coconuts To Sugarcane - A Quick Guide To Thai Farming
From Rice to Rambutans: A Slightly Overripe Guide to Thai Farming If you think Thailand is all beaches, temples, and traffic jams with extra humidity, think again. Behind the smiles and street food lies a secret powerhouse: Thai farmers, the sun-tanned superheroes who grow everything from jasmine rice to mangoes the size of your head. Let’s take a trip around the country, from the cool north to the sweaty south, and see what’s growing in those fields. Northern Thailand: Rice, Corn, and a Bit of Coffee for Sanity Up in the misty mountains of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and Nan, farmers are experts in rice: sticky rice, white rice, black rice, rice berry and other kinds of rice that sneaks into every meal whether you like it or not. When they’re not knee-deep in mud, they’re tending to corn, tea, coffee, and fruit orchards bursting with longan and lychee. It’s basically a farmer’s paradise, if you ignore the mosquitoes who consider you a tasty snack.. Main crops : Rice, corn, coffee, tea, ...