Farmers

Shinji Hashimoto is equal parts farmer, philosopher and community leader.

Like all of our featured farmers, Kris and his family share an appreciation for things that grow.

Although our stay with Phil and his family was brief, we really enjoyed our time off the grid at Ashoka Farm.

We met Somreach in Siem Reap at our hotel, Khmer Cuisine B&B. When we greeted and thanked him in his native tongue, he told us it made him happy that we were trying to learn his language, so he spent the rest of our visit tutoring us on the Khmer language!

This strong, beautiful farmer single-handedly took care of us and over an acre of garden beds while we were living in Chat Trakan, Thailand.

“I have Stargardt disease. I am legally blind. When I discovered worms were blind, I developed my passion. I call myself the worm warrior.”