Royal Agricultural Museum Hosts 'New Way Agriculture' Fair Nov 7-8
The Royal Agricultural Museum in Pathum Thani will host the "New Way Agriculture" fair on November 7-8, offering eight free workshops, exhibitions on sustainable farming, and a market with over 100 vendors. The event showcases real-world farm models from across Thailand, demonstrating how local wisdom and royal agricultural principles can be applied for food security, self-reliance, and value-added products. Visitors can participate in hands-on activities such as herbal product making, natural dyeing, and root-crop processing.
The Royal Agricultural Museum in Pathum Thani will hold the "New Way Agriculture" event on November 7-8, 2026, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Under the concept "From Local Wisdom to Value-Creating Ideas," the fair aims to share agricultural knowledge and local wisdom so people can apply them in daily life, especially as more individuals seek to reduce expenses, become self-reliant, and create career opportunities. Agriculture is no longer limited to large-scale farming or rural communities; anyone can start with nearby spaces, using resources efficiently to grow household food or develop value-added products, combined with creative thinking, technology, and marketing approaches.
The event gathers real farm examples and farmer networks for hands-on learning, including Wang Kaset in Chachoengsao, the Samor Forest Garden, the Inpaeng Network, and the Kok-Nong-Na Uncle Saeb Garden, each reflecting distinct local wisdom and resource management suited to their contexts. These models apply royal agricultural principles to achieve food security, self-reliance, and sustainable farming.
Two exhibitions highlight sustainable agriculture: "Plant Wisdom: Agricultural Science and Art" showcases herbal health care, herbal compress balls, herbal medicine, and natural cotton dyeing from kram from the Samor Forest Garden. "Kok-Nong-Na: New Agricultural Theory" demonstrates royal principles for soil, water, and land management to cope with drought, flooding, and climate change, plus root crops like taro, yam, and arrowroot for food security.
Hands-on activities include making yam flour, herbal compress balls, tempeh, natural kram dyeing, yam flour snacks, and crocodile-tail yam yogurt. Eight free workshops cover planting to processing techniques, led by experts and agricultural sages, providing upskilling opportunities to add value and generate new ideas from local resources.
