Collecting worms on the farm

A very busy week

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June 17th 2017
This week we have been travelling to sites all around Chengdu. Our first visit was to a Biodynamic farm, where we covered a propagation tunnel in plastic, before being set to work in a paddock to try and find as many earthworms as we could, to start a worm farm. The next visit was to Dujiangyaun to see an irrigation system that has been in use, providing water to Chengdu, and the province ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more