Kenny Ng / Date: 15-Jan-09
Major activities
- Made an extension to the smaller house on the farm.
- My family has moved from Bukit Mertajam to the farm.
- My neighbour, Mr. Philip Leong and his wife Su Win are kind enough to rent me a 6-acre plot of land for farming. Half of the land has been cleared. Plan to plant only fruit trees.
Lo-light
- Two workers, my wife and I came down with chikungunya fever. Many of the village folk were also infected .
- Rain and more rain on the month of Nov and Dec. Growth of many vegetables were affected.
- Decided to drop NASAA certification, the Australian Organic Standard. The fees and charges cost too much.
- Spent much time packing and unpacking boxes during moving house, and re-arranging the furniture. Posses too many material things!
- Did not write farm report on time for two months.
- Demand dropped drastically during the year end long school holidays, from both organic shops and direct customers.
- No longer able to accommodate visitors for over-night stay since my family moved in to the farm house.
- Did not hit 1 ton output target.
Hi-light
- KS Tan, an experienced farmer who had worked in Vision Farm for many years, has joined me to become my partner. The farm has improved a lot in many ways since then.
- Started selling in Kampar market every Wed and Sat, through Mrs Yong, the distributor.
- Have distributor and organic retailers in Penang Island and Butterworth selling my produce.
- Deliver back to Ipoh personally. Glad that some old customers are still supporting me..
Problems
- nil
Accomplishments
- nil
Output {Target is 1000kg by end of 2008}
| Sep 07 – 150kg | Jan 08 – 351kg | May 08 – 573kg | Sept 08 – 1022kg |
| Oct 07 – 224kg | Feb 08 – 523kg | June 08 – 758kg | Oct 08 – 936kg |
| Nov 07 – 141kg | Mar 08 – 513kg | July 08 – 674kg | Nov 08 – 850kg |
| Dec 07 – 340kg | Apr 08 – 540kg | Aug 08 – 928kg | Dec 08 – 969kg |
“We feed the soil, the soil will feed us!”
