Welcome to the Panya winery. This escapade has flourished over the last few months, and as a result, a fine array of interesting wines have been produced, to fuel our nights of frivolity. I wanted to try and share some of what I've learned, in the hope that ideally, a new long term member of Panya will honourably take up the wine maker’s torch, and ensure the safe continuation of wine production for many future generations of smelly permaculturists to come.

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Our Summer Pig Project

Taiga and I have undertaken a project to raise three pigs for meat this summer. Just yesterday the three little porkers made their debut to their new pen.

With meat that has been raised in a humane way in very short supply, my sweetie Taiga and I decided that we would experiment with growing three pigs this summer. 

We have been for some time now on a mostly vegetarian diet after deciding that we would try to eat only meat that we knew was grown in a humane way.  Our challenge with this project is to see if we can truly raise our pigs in a humane way, caring for them and giving them a great, albeit short, life with (as Joel Salatin says) "one bad day." Will we be actually able to slaughter them after living with them and caring for them for four months?  I believe I will be able to, but if I am not, then I think it is time to go vegetarian.  For anyone who has never spent any time with a pig, they are very emotional beings, and can easily catch the heart strings.  They are also the smartest domesticated animal, smarter than dogs.

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Hi all, this blog contains updates from people that we call Panya Family.  These are people who have spent a certain amount of time at Panya and now are considered part of the family structure of the place.  All are invited to post their updates and their happenings at this site.  Some of the posts may be about Panya itself, and others around about random places all around the globe.  But all have a personal connection to the people at Panya.

The permaculture and natural building that happens at Panya doesn't just stop at Panya's door.  The volunteers, interns, and course participants come way from this Thailand Permaculture center with momentum that carries them out into the world.  We hope eventually to fill these pages with great updates and interesting articles. 

Do you want to make a Post?

If you are one of the Panya Project Family, or even someone who has just passed through, and you would like to post something to our Panya Permaculture Family Blog page, just send it to us (panyaproject (at) gmail.com) and we will get it posted up here for you.

With Love and light to all.  May we build that brighter world.  At this SE Asia Permaculture project, or at all your homes around the world.

The People of Panya