Exciting news at the farm this week and ahead! The orang asli farmers harvested the first batch of leafy vegetables planted in the greenhouse built by Gamuda Berhad! There were green Pak Choy and Choy Sum in that batch. They are beaming with pride for successfully growing leafy greens in their greenhouse! The lady farmers especially enjoyed the harvesting experience. […]
It was a week of new realms. Our Orang Asli farmers hosted two young indigenous Penan men from Sarawak for five days. The two young men were eager to learn our organic farming concept and methods for they wish to be trainers in the future to empower their fellow natives to be professional farmers with sustainable income. […]
We are sowing, investing and partnering in the dream of the Orang Asli to be self-sustaining professional farmers. 18 months since this community farm started, our newbies are gaining grounds. Harvest is on the increase – from 55kgs on Monday to 75kgs on Wednesday and to 90kgs on Friday! These are the total yield from okra, […]
Let’s celebrate with our OA farmers the mini milestone they have achieved at the farm! Most plots are planted. Harvesting for bitter gourds, sweet corns and mini pumpkins have started. Greenhouse plants are coming along great; those not faring too well are being replaced. Okra, long beans, sweet potato leaves, spinach (bayam), ceylon spinach, chinese white radish, […]
An exciting week of countdown it was at the farm! The greenhouse is up and running! The OA farmers are deeply satisfied and excited to see the fruit of their laborious work. Just look at the rows of greens!!! Are you counting the days to having more variety of leafy vegetables? […]
It was a week of final touches! After a couple of months of fitting up Greenhouse 1 built by Gamuda, the week saw final touches to the greenhouse – installing ventilator, tightening piping and fittings, fixing leaks and completing test run. Hooray! The greenhouse plants can now be transplanted from the nursery into the greenhouse! With this, […]
Supporters of OA Organics sometimes wonder why they are yet to get different types of vegetables regularly. This week you get to see just how much the farmers are doing daily and how much both the farm and the Orang Asli farmers have grown and changed! Kale, sweet corns, pumpkins, brinjals, sweet potatoes, malabar spinach, and bitter gourds are growing […]
It was a week of high gears! The OA farmers stepped up on the gears to charge, more confidently, towards planting vegetables in the two greenhouses built by Gamuda. The women farmers were very busy with the groundwork of seeding and germinating leafy greens. The process is tedious and time consuming, but the women appear to have developed a more […]
The Orang Asli farmers worked throughout the Chinese New Year holidays while the rest of us enjoyed the break. But it was a week of “ups” for the farmers. It was a week we witnessed ownership and leadership! The farmers collectively decided they would skip the CNY break to catch up with the piling work at […]
We started the week worried that vegetable sales would be poor as many buyers closed their kitchen for Chinese New Year. But it turned out to be a week of many blessings! Blessing One: A number of people generously bought RM150-RM200 farm produce to share with relatives/friends or charity homes. This was a response to an appeal on the OA […]