Hello Everyone,

I am looking forward with pleasure to being with you for the upcoming C4C training in Vietnam. The bio beds solution developed and promoted by A Growing Culture and the Centre for Creativity and Sustainability has huge potential for ecological improvement and farmer prosperity. IFOAM - Organics International is happy to collaborate with these excellent organizations and with Rare to help spread the practice and use it as a key tool in moving our communities and regions toward true sustainability.

It is our intention to not only share the practical how-to of the solution itself, but to also link it to the bigger picture of incomes, markets, and politics - so that we can get more people involved and working toward our shared goals.

Having worked with Rare already this year on two other C4C's - one in Mexico and one in Ecuador - I can assure you that your time will be well spent! You will learn a lot, come away with new knowledge and skills, build your networks and support systems, and have some fun.

I have been to Vietnam one time before, in 2015, and await yet another enriching experience being in this beautiful country and with such friendly people. Please feel free to contact me here or at d.gould@ifoam.bio and ask whatever you like. I have also uploaded to this platform a selection of reference materials from IFOAM - Organics International. We have much more available. Check out our website at www.ifoam.bio.

Warm regards,

David Gould - Senior facilitator, IFOAM - Organics International