[New post] The Best-Laid Plans of Rice and Men (And Ducks): Organic Farming in Yuanli Township

samluowei posted: " Written by Chen Li Ching Chen, Translated by Sam Robbins Image credit: photo provided by author. When I was writing my master's thesis, I often took trips to Yuanli Township, Miali County, a small town near Taiwan Expressway 61. Towards Huoyan Mou" <strong>The Best-Laid Plans </strong><strong>of Rice and Men (And Ducks): Organic Farming in Yuanli Township</strong> samluowei Apr 28 Written by Chen Li Ching Chen, Translated by Sam Robbins. Hae works on a rice-duck farming cooperative in Yuanli. He wanted to take advantage of the fact that ducks eat rice pests and raise the ducks in the rice paddies. Although the idea was good in theory, there were many difficulties in practice. For example, he told me many of the dogs from the township started hunting the ducks. As ducks slowly waddled through the rice paddies, the dogs would start salivating. Read more of this post Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Taiwan Insight. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://taiwaninsight.org Powered by WordPress.com