Becoming Rice Farmers at Ginger Farm
After arriving in Chiang Mai, we made our first stop at the Ginger Farm - and it ended up being one of the coolest, most hands-on experiences of the trip. From the moment we got there, they had us fully immersed…starting with changing into traditional Thai farm clothes and learning how to build a fire.
Once the fire was going, they taught us how to make little boats out of banana leaves to cook our food in. We fed the chickens, collected fresh eggs, and made scrambled eggs to cook while we were out working in the field.
They also taught us about rice farming and completely blew our minds when they told us white and brown rice come from the same seeds - just different stages of the milling cycle. 🤯
Then it was out into the fields where we got in the mud to learn how to transplant seedlings. After working for a bit, they let us play in the mud and take turns going down the mud slides - which the kids (and honestly all of us 😂) loved.
The farm was so beautiful it had us tempted to abandon life in the U.S. and become full-time farmers.
Once the fire was going, they taught us how to make little boats out of banana leaves to cook our food in. We fed the chickens, collected fresh eggs, and made scrambled eggs to cook while we were out working in the field.
They also taught us about rice farming and completely blew our minds when they told us white and brown rice come from the same seeds - just different stages of the milling cycle. 🤯
Then it was out into the fields where we got in the mud to learn how to transplant seedlings. After working for a bit, they let us play in the mud and take turns going down the mud slides - which the kids (and honestly all of us 😂) loved.
The farm was so beautiful it had us tempted to abandon life in the U.S. and become full-time farmers.
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