Mushroom farming in Northeast Thailand

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Tiny mushrooms begin to sprout under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Row after row of mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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A Thai woman seen here as she harvests mushrooms under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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A Thai woman seen here as she harvests mushrooms under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Row after row of mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Two bags of mushrooms, each bag weighing 1 kilogramme and sold for around $US1.60 per kilo.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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Mushrooms seen here growing under a cool, damp and shaded canopy. Some farmers can make as much as $US1,000 per month from their mushroom farms.

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As Thailand bakes in summer temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius, at least one Isaan family are counting their blessings they changed to the much cooler business of mushroom farming, providing them with an income of close to $US 1,000 per month.