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The Village Rice Mill


This is the oldest rice mill in the village of Ban Donwai, the wood used is of an indigenous hardwood dated over 40+ years ago, the mill operates on a crop-share basis and produces only for local self consumption ...

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Aref Nammari (goplayer) says:
That's the way it should work: local food production and small scale projects are always better than huge mega factories because of their much lower impact on the environment and cheaper cost.
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Jerry Lee replies:
.. The miller gets to keep the rice husks which is used to feed livestocks - nothing is wasted,
farmers gets more thru bartering than selling for money, plus they don't even have to travel out of their village.
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