Author: Asia Pacific Farmers

BEEFY GOODNESS. In Uttaradit province in northern Thailand, a community supported by the Assembly of the Poor (AOP), our partner in Thailand, produces beef, beef meatballs, and dried beef. NATIVE CHICKEN EGGS. In Bungkarn province in the northeastern part of Thailand, a community supported by AOP raises native varieties of chicken that laid these eggs. […]
To reduce the dependency on agribusiness’ food, Assembly of the Poor (AOP) communities in Thailand produce various traditional and forest food as an alternative to the ones sold in supermarkets. AOP is AFOSP-APFP partner farmers organization in Thailand.
When COVID-19 broke out, many jobs were stopped, except food production, which could not be halted. Food is an essential service, and farmers and food producers kept working amid the threat of the virus. However, farmers are among the least recognized in this time of the pandemic, at times taken for granted despite their important […]