Jiwa Asli Organik
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How it all started..
Thong first went to Kampung Sungai Tebang in RPS Bainun, a 45-minute boat ride from the Temenggor jetty, in 2017 with members of the Wesley Methodist Church Sitiawan.
“We went there to give them daily necessities.”
Realising that this is not a long-term solution, Thong, who had been farming for more than a decade, decided to teach the community how to farm in 2021 and empower them in the process.
For his pilot project, he started with one family where he gave them 30 chicks to raise. Why chicks?
According to Thong, chicks grow the fastest and before you know it the Orang Asli family has a product to sell.
“It instils confidence in them,” he said.
Today, there are at least 12 families in the village participating in the project that has since expanded to farming.
Among the organic vegetables grown by them are long beans, corn, eggplants, pumpkin, rosselle, ladies fingers and also guava.
“At least 40 per cent of the profit goes back to the farmers,” said Thong.
While the subscription is available for delivery to Sitiawan, Ipoh, Penang and Kuala Lumpur, Thong said the products are also available for purchase at two organic shops and two sundry shops in Sitiawan and Kampung Koh market and the organic shop at the Adventist Hospital, Penang.
