Farmers' Friends
This campaign was formed in May 2014 to solve the oversupply of rice caused by the rice-pledging scheme under the Yingluck Shinawatra government. Civic group BIGTrees helps manage the sale while the farmers are under the Organic Producers' Co-operatives in Yasothon province. Their organic harvesting is supervised by the Earth Net Foundation which has been producing and exporting organic rice to Western countries for nearly 20 years.
This is how it works. A buyer needs to become a member by paying 10,000 baht per year, and rice farmers will harvest 100kg of organic rice for each subscription. The rice is delivered in 1kg vacuum-packed bags regularly to members (group membership for 10,000 baht is possible). Farmers' Friend Rice pays farmers 2,000 baht/kg, which is higher than the market price. Contact Organic Producers' Co-operative Limited via email at