Category: Natural Farming EN

SARA AYUNI HAMDAN The Real Patience and Perseverance that Nourish Life A visit to Sara Ayuni Hamdan’s home garden at Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, enlightened us on how much a home garden could help a family to sustain and prosper. In 2013, Sara worked at the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) for a short period. At that time, she was attracted to its then president, S. M. Mohamed Idris’...

The urban garden is an urgent need of the century. With food security threatened by conventional farming, it is the right time for consumers to take farming into their own hands. Everyone, regardless of profession, gender, economic or social status, can participate in gardening and farming, and hence contribute to safe food cultivation. The myriad natural gardening techniques can be manipulated...

WORDS OF APPRECIATION from Ms Lee Bee Choo, Teacher Advisor of Green Education Society, Han Chiang High School, Penang: “I would like to thank the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) for providing so many useful lessons. I took some lessons in CAP to get a head start in natural farming. I have learned a lot from the Consumers Association of Penang, i.e. how to protect the environment and...

KAMPUNG GOMBAK UTARA The Thriving Community Garden of Suburban Residents The sound of water splashing through rocks and pebbles in the pristine river at Batu 9, north of Gombak, and the greenery that adorns the fringe of the river, offer a spectacular view to passers-by. Kampung Gombak Utara is about 10 kilometres to the northeast of Kuala Lumpur. The Kebun Komuniti Gombak Utara (KKGU), the...

Bringing together the community and committing them to good ecological practices through a community garden enhances the environment by leaps and bounds and makes the world a better place to dwell in. At the same time, it instils a sense of responsibility and fosters unity and solidarity among the members. Community gardens in Tanjung Bungah, Penang and Gombak, Selangor, set a perfect example of...

SANGGA SINAYAH: Integrating the Environment and Agriculture into the Lives of Students For the past decade, former Head Master, Sangga Sinnayah has been receiving praise and accolades for his work in introducing agroecological concepts, instilling environmental awareness and practising organic farming in the schools he taught. Although environmental education is progressively taking root in the...

Empowering the Differently Abled with Agriculture Most of the learning centres meant for the differently abled provide skills training for their inmates. However, the welfare centre for the differently abled (Persatuan Kebajikan Kanak-Kanak Kurang Upaya) at Jalan USJ 18/7, Subang Jaya, Selangor, has gone one step further to equip them with agricultural knowledge. The centre firmly believes it is...

CAP's NATURAL FARMING TRAINING for the Students of MYSKILLS FOUNDATION (Part 3) Incorporating agroecology into all educational institutions would be one effective way for the next generation to continuously carry the seeds of transformation. Educational institutions provide space and time for expanding environmental initiatives. A deeper understanding of the ecological facts, challenges, and the...

MYSKILLS FOUNDATION: What the Students Learn (Part 2) In MySkills Foundation, students learn the following: 1. Basics of livestock farming. Vakesh Rao not only learned to rear cows but also to build the cow shed. He also learned to grow napier grass, which is a popular fodder for cows due to the high nitrogen content of the grass. “In the beginning, I felt meaningless with all these...

MYSKILLS FOUNDATION is Sowing the Seeds for Transformation (Part 1) It has become a norm for educational institutions to conduct environmental activities in order to create awareness about the environment among their students. However, in most instances, the intention is to fulfil the requirements of the syllabus of the institution rather than be an effective, long-term activity to improve the...