Tag Archives: Zhejiang

“Seeking Truth From Fact” Part II: Gaoping’s Organic Farm Cooperative

Posted on November 28, 2014 by elenakayes

In my last post I described the recent evolution of Gaoping’s peasant-tourism cooperative association. Mainly, how the villagers scaled up from scattered, individual households opening their homes to tourists, to sharing resources and combining services to form the ‘Four Unifications’ … Continue reading →

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“Seeking Truth From Fact”: The Relevant Role of Experimental Models in China’s Rural Development

Posted on November 20, 2014 by elenakayes

I returned to Suichang last week as an assistant to a professor I met at a conference last summer who hired me as a mentor for a group of US undergrad students she lead on a month-long trip across China. … Continue reading →

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Suichang Part II: Chinese New Year 2014

Posted on February 9, 2014 by elenakayes

As I am sure you can imagine, I was ecstatic to get back in touch with the family from Suichang that I stayed with in 2010 (see previous post), and jumped at the opportunity when they invited me to spend ten … Continue reading →

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Suichang Part I: A Tea Farm, and my Brief Celebrity as a Local Waitress

Posted on January 11, 2014 by elenakayes

For my next 2010 field visit (following Julie’s family in Jiangsu province), I contacted a family that was running a large-scale tea farm; at least, definitely larger than the standard ‘noodle plots’ that rural families are allocated through the village … Continue reading →

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