
The Experience
Visit Begawan Farm and Rice Fields
Experience a stage in the process required for rice to journey from seed to table. Realise how much effort and knowledge are needed to produce every grain of rice. You will understand the know-how Balinese farmers have acquired over generations. The journey is nature-based, with authentic experiential sharing and learning with local farmers. Depending on the rice cycle, the farmer may be ploughing the rice fields with buffalo for the next crop, setting up seed nurseries, planting young shoots in the flooded fields, or even harvesting the ripened grains. The ducks, working as natural pesticides and fertilisers, may be eating worms and bugs in the rice fields. The crucial role that rice plays can be gauged by the religious importance, and the diversity and number of rituals, offerings, and temple ceremonies presented to Dewi Sri, the rice goddess, accompanying each stage of rice farming. It’s backbreaking work, and your experience out in the rice fields will give you a new appreciation of the grains you buy at home.
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