When Dave and I were in Cianjur a few weeks ago we stayed on a Dutch-era tea plantation. We were there to do a story on The Learning Farm, a wonderful organization that recruits kids at risk (under- or unemployed youth, dropouts, etc.) from around Java and teaches them to be organic farmers. Though we were there because of the food angle there's so much more than farming going on at The Learning Farm; I have so many good thoughts about this venture that I'm on the verge of gushing. For now, suffice it to say that we had a great experience and we'll post a pdf of the article when it ... read more