Category: Natural Farming EN
BENEFITS OF SCHOOL GARDENS
School gardens teach children about more than just growing food. They help to… Develop life skills Promote better nutrition & healthy eating Increase environmental awareness Cultivate respect for food and food heroes Source: FAO
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Start your new year with growing your own vegetables: CAP
The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) has advised Malaysians to start the 2024 with growing their own vegetables. CAP believes, the 2024 will be more challenging to consumers on food prices. To reduce the burden of vegetable price increases CAP urged the Malaysian consumers to grow any type vegetables and herbal plants in beginning of the New Year. The FAO projections indicate that...
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CAP’s COMMUNITY GARDEN TRAINING PROJECT
6 youths and 2 experienced conventional farmers joined CAP's natural farming training at CAP's urban farm on 25 Nov 2023. This training was initiated by a group trying to promote sustainable farming practices by engaging the local community in Selama, Perak. CAP is committed to delivering farming knowledge to the community and the first session of training was focused on the importance of soil...
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World Soil Day: Unearthing the Importance of Soil
In conjunction with World Soil Day which falls on December 5, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on farmers, gardeners, and the public to practice a healthy soil management system that will help prevent soil degradation and its complications. In December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly announced the World Soil Day celebration every December 5, starting in 2014. The...
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GROW YOUR OWN FOOD
Growing your own food can help tackle your ballooning grocery bill. Although it is not possible to grow enough food to support yourself, done cleverly and cheaply you can cut your food bills with fresh greens, vegetables and herbs. If you have the space, and if you have sunlight, set up your own veggie patch. If you live in a high-rise, you can grow your own food too – old food-safe...
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CAP’S URBAN GARDEN BOUNTY
The picture below shows ash gourd harvested from CAP’s urban farm, each fruit weighing from 6 to 8 kg. Ash gourd, also known as winter melon and wax gourd, is commonly taken as a vegetable as well as a juice. It provides a cooling effect to the body. Grow your own fresh, healthy food; save money on groceries; and reduce your carbon footprint.
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SEEDS ARE OUR HERITAGE Webinar
You are invited to CAP's webinar on seed sovereignty and GMOs. When: Sep 12, 2023 Time: 3.00 PM, Kuala Lumpur Register in advance for this webinar: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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GROW A FOOD GARDEN
Food tastes way better when you grow your own. Growing your own food also comes with many other positives. “A person who is growing a garden, if he is growing it organically, is improving a piece of the world. He is producing something to eat, which makes him somewhat independent of the grocery business, but he is also enlarging, for himself, the meaning of food and the pleasure of eating,”...
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