Asia

Intern’s Report By Christina Browning in Chiang Mai: Christina works with the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) a local organisation in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The Karen people are an ethnic group that lives in both Thailand and Burma. In Burma, they are the third largest ethnic group and have a state in the south-east, Karen State.

Global

There’s Nutrition in Semi-cultivated Areas: Compared to garden produce, food from the wild and semi-cultivated areas has many superior properties, such as more anti-oxidants and density of flavour. Wild and semi-wild plants are adaptable, plentiful and free. Here Jude Fanton looks at the shades of grey between weed and food plants.

Pacific

Pacific Regional Activities: Seed Savers Network supports a range of activities and initiatives throughout the Pacific region, especially in the Solomons, East Timor, and Papua.