Get Grounded

• Organic Gardening including how to prepare garden beds, make seedlings and compost, and focus on the practice of seed saving.
• Harvesting and using produce from the garden in the kitchen including cooking , fermenting, and making products from the garden.
• Introduction to natural building techniques.  Will cover selecting soil, making adobe bricks, how to lay bricks, making and applying homemade earthen plaster and making and applying clay paints.
• Some simple appropriate technology will be covered as well that we use at the farm for filtering drinking water and reducing our propane consumption in cooking/hot water, etc.

It is an opportunity to learn through doing where participants will learn the techniques we use while actively applying them to projects at the farm in a relaxed, fun atmosphere. It is also a chance to live with other like-minded Thai and international folks and get a taste of community living on the farm.

8,500 baht/person.  This fee includes all food during the course, accommodation and instruction.  All proceeds go towards supporting Pun Pun community to grow and continue with our seed center and outreach work.

Food Matters

LOGISTICS PERTAINING TO ALL COURSES

General Schedule

Morning and afternoon sessions will be held with an extended break after lunch in the hot part of the day.  We will start at lunch on the first day of the course and finish after lunch on the last day.

The Project

The course will be held at our organic farm, seed center, and sustainable living learning center in Mae Taeng, northern Thailand. We started this center to work to create seed centers to preserve our food biodiversity, grow food organically for ourselves in community and for those who come to stay with us, and host trainings and workshops on ways to convert to more self-reliant, sustainable ways of living.

Teaching team

Jon Jandai and various community members from Pun Pun farm

Living situation

We will provide simple accommodation in one of Pun Pun’s earthen or bamboo guesthouses or dorms. A thin futon mat, blanket, sheet, pillow, and mosquito net will be provided.  Accommodation is single rooms, shared rooms and dorms.  All accommodation is in close proximity to each other.  Outdoor toilets and showers are close to the guesthouses.

All meals will be shared and eaten in the communal kitchen.  Vegetarian and fish options will be available and we will try to use the most organic vegetables as possible from the farm.  Food will be simple Thai food with brown rice.  We try to use as much of our own produce and other seasonally available produce as possible so we tend to focus on a primarily vegetable and whole grain diet with added protein from eggs, fish, or tofu.