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No more WOW

May 20, 2025 2 mins read
No more WOW

Launched in May 2020, the Wobthang Organic Wonders (WOW) farm in Bumthang was supposed to be a model of sustainable agriculture, innovation, and community empowerment. Today, the project is anything but that. The project has been abandoned. The 35-acres farm is overrun with weeds and overgrowth.

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