Sat, 06/08/2011 – Jude Fanton
Here in Ranau, a small administrative town at 1200 metres altitude in Sabah, Malaysia, unsuspecting, small-time market gardeners buy seeds and pesticides in shop like this.
Even though the highlands of Borneo are a few degrees from the equator, their very fertile soils, cool nights and warm days means market gardeners can grow temperate vegetables that would not grow in the lowlands nearby. These are exported to consumers in mega cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. Growers typically have small hothouses to protect their crops from the monsoons but must use biocides to produce a yield.
Related Articles
-
Alfredo Bonanno: prolific illustrator
Alfredo grew all the plants so he had a life model to draw the hundreds of illustrations for the...
-
India bans GE eggplant – Monsanto 'fakes' safety data
Wed, 24/02/2010 – Jude Fanton The Indian Government has banned genetically engineered (GE) eggplant after the ex-Director of Monsanto...
-
Screening adventures
Wed, 18/03/2009 – Michel Fanton In September 2008 we had an enlivening experience on our way to screening the...
-
Helping Afghanis Preserve Their Agricultural Traditions
Sun, 08/03/2002 – Jude Fanton Seed Savers was invited by NICCO, a Japanese NGO, to present viable alternatives to...
-
Report from Film Promotion Tour of Vanuatu
30/11/2008 – Jude Fanton We came last week to the end of our seventeen days in Vanuatu promoting ‘Our...
-
Azolla: Fertiliser for Rice Paddies & ChickenFeed
Thu, 23/08/2012 – Michel Fanton Azolla, a fern like floating algae, doubles in size every five days under warm...
-
Seed Saving Events in Sydney, September 2009
Tue, 15/09/2009 – Jude Fanton Michel and Jude Fanton will be in the Sydney and Woollongong areas from Thursday...
-
Biodiversity as Edible Art
Wed, 04/11/2009 – Jude Fanton The Japanese are masters at eating diversely. One of our first interns, Masami Sakaban...
