Food That Nourishes
Reconnect to food, from seed to table, in Chiang Mai.
A 4-week coliving experience reconnecting us to food.
Food That Nourishes is a coliving experience to reconnect with food through the people who grow it, cook it, and fight for it.
Enter Chiang Mai's local food ecosystem through farms and eco-villages, chef's tables, workshops, and shared meals, tracing food from seed to table through the lens of health, culture, politics, and economy.
People who want to deepen their relationship with food.
Food practitioners, digital nomads craving real culture and real meals, Chiang Mai residents ready to plug into local food networks, and the food curious who see food as a lens into the future.
If you care about wellness, longevity, and the story behind what you eat, you'll fit right in.
At a glance.
An arc from seed to harvest.
Seed
Orientation and welcome. Set intention with the cohort, a welcome dinner with Slow Food Chiang Mai chefs at Madae Balance and 2 nights coliving at Panya Forest / Pun Pun.
Soil
Learn from the land and the people rooted in it, Living Roots Farm, mushroom foraging and tea ceremony, a Shan and Inle chef's table with Min & Mae, and a Food & Futures Thinking workshop.
Grow
From plot to plate. Farm-to-table dinner and an organic farming village field trip, urban gardening, a chef's table at Aeeen, and a Food Futures workshop with Story Harvesting.
Harvest
Join Cosmo Local CNX Main Week and share the multimedia Story Harvest with a wider public at the Exhibition.
Five things you take home.
- 01A new relationship with food
Where it comes from, how the industrial system changed it, and the regenerative alternatives being built in Chiang Mai.
- 02A living network
Farmers, seed savers, soil scientists, chefs, and the slow food community, real people, real relationships you keep.
- 03Practical skills
Seed saving, composting, cooking, fermentation, seasonal eating, and futures thinking you can apply back home.
- 04A cohort
Deep friendships built over four weeks of coliving, cooking, and learning together with people who care about the same things.
- 05A published story
Your contribution to the Story Harvest of Chiang Mai food stories, feeding into a global food systems research project.
Alt_PingRiver, your daily basecamp.
Riverside in Wat Ket, open 24/7 to residents. Coworking, a common kitchen for prep and small food events, sauna and cold plunge, everything the cohort needs under one roof.
Stay at Alt_PingRiver.
Live above the hub. Rooms are steps from the coworking floor, the common kitchen, and the riverside deck, walkable to Warorot Market and most of the program's field venues.
- Private ensuite bathroom
- Queen bed
- Single or double occupancy
- Air-con, desk & fast Wi-Fi
- 24/7 hub access downstairs
- Private ensuite bathroom
- King bed (Twin on request)
- Single or double occupancy
- Air-con, desk & fast Wi-Fi
- 24/7 hub access downstairs
What's included.
One all-in price per room type covers your stay, the full program, and Main Week.
- Ensuite Standard room for 28 nights (Sept 1–28)
- Daily breakfast and curated meals
- Full Food That Nourishes program (Seed, Soil, Grow, Harvest)
- Main Week ticket, Gold Pass
- 24/7 access to the Alt_PingRiver coworking hub
- Sauna and cold plunge
- Welcome dinner on Sept 1
- Ensuite Plus room for 28 nights (Sept 1–28)
- Daily breakfast and curated meals
- Full Food That Nourishes program (Seed, Soil, Grow, Harvest)
- Main Week ticket, Gold Pass
- 24/7 access to the Alt_PingRiver coworking hub
- Sauna and cold plunge
- Welcome dinner on Sept 1
Who you'll learn from.
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Part of something bigger.
Food That Nourishes is one of four coliving experiences running side by side in September under CosmoLocal CNX. You have your own cohort and your own arc, but you share the neighbourhood, the coliving hub, and a stream of cross-track events with everyone else.
The month closes with Main Week (Sept 23–28), open events, showcases, and the public launch of the Story Harvest.
Remote workers, creatives, and curious individuals who want to experience Chiang Mai's food culture from the inside out, no professional food background needed.
No, but bring real food knowledge and genuine curiosity. It's designed for people who want to understand where food comes from and what it means.
The residency's core output, a multimedia collection of human stories from Chiang Mai's food ecosystem, documented in whatever medium suits you: writing, photography, voice notes, sketches.
Yes. Weekly participation is available; each week follows a distinct theme (Seed, Soil, Grow, Harvest) and can be experienced independently.
Primary language is English. Some sessions with local collaborators are in Thai with translation provided.
Yes. We offer a limited bespoke programme-only track for Chiang Mai locals. Indicate your interest in the application.
Weekly commitment is capped at 50% of your time. Many participants work remotely alongside the programme.
Yes. We can accommodate vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and most allergy-based diets. Let us know when you apply.