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Tacomepai Organic Farm

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Commenced:	01/01/1990
Submitted:	11/02/2011
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Tcomepai, 101 Moo9, Ban Tin That, Pai, Mae Hong Song, TH
Phone:	(+66) 0861123504
Website:	http://tacomepai.com/
Climate zone:	Wet/Dry Tropical

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Tacomepai Organic Farm

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Rural, Community, Educational

Project Summary

TACOMEPAI is a traditional organic farm run by a Thai hill tribe family who strive to maintain a sustainable and environmentally caring way of life. We are an active community of volunteers, local residents, guests and travelers working to preserve the customs, traditions and environment of the local area, and promoting education.

Project Description

Sandoz Sukkaew is the visionary and founder of the Paimaculture Project. Traveling abroad as an electric engineer changed Sandoz’s perspective when he returned home to Pai. He was then able to appreciate the fast environmental degradation that is taking place in his homeland region and was deeply impacted by it. Inspired upon return, without prior formal education in permaculture or ecological design; he went on to establish Tacomepai Homestay Organic Farm, a unique and innovative community centre.

TacomePai is more than just an organic farm, it offers a place for long or short term people to stay, learn and work. Locals and overseas travelers alike can engage themselves, to the extent of their desire, in the farming, construction, gardening and maintenance or other creative artistic activities.

The characteristic that makes Tacompai so unique and innovative is apparent through traditional hill-tribe practices joined with sustainable and earth caring practices as well as each individual full autonomous responsibility and freedom.

Tacomepai now offers Permaculture and natural building courses and is aiming to develop other areas of land in the area to promote eduation and better environmental practice.

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