POOR QUALITY OF LIFE
Back in Yasothon, Mr Jon thought it would be different as he no longer had to report to anyone. He could be his own boss and control his working hours. The only career that made sense to him was a rice farmer -- he had a plot of land and the basic know-how to make it happen.
But when he started his new life, he began seeing the similarity between working in Bangkok and back home. No fellow farmers worked less than eight hours a day. They spent all year making other people richer and getting themselves poorer, with some sinking into great debt. >> >> "Farmers don't get to eat good food as they have to save money to invest in rice farming. While rice millers eat chicken meat, these farmers can only afford chicken feet. What kind of life is that?" Mr Jon said.
He realised that even rice farmers have a poor quality of life. They have no time to enjoy life and seem to be working all the time. Some poor people are also not happy because they worry about their financial situation.
NEW EXPERIMENT
After starting his new life as a rice farmer, Mr Jon began to understand why rice farming was not a smart choice for him to get the happiness he craved. He came up with a new idea to grow vegetables at his home for consumption.
He started by planting 50 different kinds of vegetable. He only did five plants for each type as an experiment. He wanted to see if he could really survive by relying on his organic produce without having to buy from the market.