Category: Natural Farming EN

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...

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.  

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.

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,”...

Image via Organic Live Food  

(Image via Organic Live Food)  

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has published a book, Agroecology for All: Initiatives in Malaysia, which explores agroecology best practices through the personal experiences of smallholder farmers, urban gardeners, communities, social and educational institutions, and individuals. The publication highlights agroecology as a way to work toward food sovereignty, where the control of...

Making of Plants Boosters. Join this training to learn about simple recipes and techniques on liquid fertilizers, which can help the growth of plants, increase flowers and fruits. Valuable tips will be shared on plant care. Please confirm your participation by banking your registration fees to the Maybank account. Thank You

Atlas of Utopias, the Transformative Cities compilation of local utopias from all across the globe, has been revised and updated – 40 communities from 34 cities and 23 countries – and CAP’s urban farming and gardening project is listed in it. The Atlas showcases stories from communities around the world involved in transformation of housing, water, food and energy policies and practices....