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New Container Garden at Asia Regional Office

09/04/2009 ~ 1 comment

On September 4th, thirteen high school students from Chiang Mai International School (Thailand) came over to the ECHO Asia Regional Office to learn about and help with a new container garden and perennial vegetable garden. The students, all members of the school's "Planeteers" club, have dedicated themselves to caring for our environment.
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A visitor's view on ECHO

07/10/2009 ~ 0 comments

Submitted by James M. Harrison, Houston TX The harvest is where it's at. You can harvest small crops virtually anywhere-- in the backyard, in a tire, on a hillside, or on top of your own driveway. You don't even need soil. Things like old fabric and-- believe it or not-- coke cans-- will work just ...
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ECHO Asia Agricultural Conference Quickly Approaching

07/09/2009 ~ 0 comments

As many of you know, the next ECHO Agricultural Conference will be held at the Empress Hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand from September 21-25, 2009. Geared towards enabling persons working among Asia's poor to network and exchange hunger and poverty-alleviation solutions, this ECHO conference ...
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Partner Update: Green Manure Cover Crop Trial in Northern Thailand

07/09/2009 ~ 0 comments

Ken and Thu Huong Thompson, ECHO partners in Phayao, Thailand, recently corresponded about their small trial of green manure cover crops. Ken shares that some of the gmccs grown on their plot, including sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea), pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) and jack bean ...
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After a dangerously long dry spell, the rains have finally begun at ECHO!

06/10/2009 ~ 0 comments

Written by ECHO Agricultural Consultant Larry Yarger The climate of SW Florida has the makings of what we call a “monsoon” climate. Monsoon comes from the Arabic simply meaning “seasonal” and now refers to drastic seasonal changes that often occur together with wind ...
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Volunteering on a A 50-Acre Global Farm in Florida to Feed the World’s Hungry

06/07/2009 ~ 2 comments

written by Pam Baker If you always wanted to do something to curb hunger around the globe but were never sure where to start against such an overwhelming problem, then consider volunteering to work with ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization) in North Fort Myers, Florida. A unique ...
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Get Into Gardening Summer Sale Event

06/06/2009 ~ 0 comments

Attend Get into Gardening Event and Start Your Own Backyard Garden
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Training Vanilla Orchid Vines to Improve Flowering

05/11/2009 ~ 2 comments

Pods of the vanilla orchid (Vanilla planifolia) are used to make vanilla flavoring. Pictured here are vanilla orchid plants trained onto living posts (Gliricidia sepium). Apparently, the resulting curves in the vanilla orchid vines stimulates flowering to occur.
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