by Dotson Eli | Jan 31, 2018 | ARI
Truly distilling the three weeks we’ve spent at the Asian Rural Institute into one short blog post would be impossible. Early mornings, days filled to the brim with foodlife farm chores and academic work, and the constant companionship of a like-minded community all...
by Mickey TerLouw | Jan 30, 2018 | ARI, Food
“Take my hand which has labored in the soil Together we will stand for together we must toil To build a world where hunger will not keep the people chained To build a world that will still bear fruit tomorrow.” Take My Hand A song for ARI For economists, freedom is...
by Lee Donna | Jan 29, 2018 | ARI
January 7th, the first full day at ARI. It was a day full of many presentations. We were introduced to the mission statement that was developed by staffs in order to build a peaceful community of which each person can live to their fullest potential while being at...
by Alex Screaton | Jan 26, 2018 | ARI, Farming
During foodlife work here at ARI, I have begun to realize some of the most profound differences between working on an organic farm and my family’s commercial farm. The amount of care, detail, and attention paid to the soil is immense here at ARI. Consider the...
by Ose John | Jan 25, 2018 | ARI, Nagawamachi, Tokyo
If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of...
by sorens4 | Jan 25, 2018 | ARI, Pollution, Tokyo
Truthfully, I was unsure of how I may process my semester-long experience in Shanghai during my time in Japan. At first, I thought it may be best to separate these two experiences in fear of producing a negative judgement through an unfair comparison. In part I still...
