Country Farm Organics has many good local organic suppliers and among the top of the lis is DQ Farm. This organic farm began in the year 2000 when H.S Wong left lucrative corporate world to launch his organic dream on the a 50- acre land situated along the old old Bentong road, some twenty kilometers from Kuala Lumpur. Since then, Wong has developed his own model of sustainable farming by following a couple of principles:
1. Working closely with nature harmonizing the land and its living creatures along with the surrounding energy ( Qi).
2. Producing more than it consumes as opposed to conventional farming that consumes more than it produces.
3. Reducing carbon footprint-recycles everything possible and leaves little or no waste at all.
As a keen observer of nature, Wong leverages on nature’s way to run his farm.
Utilizing Natural Enemies of Pest.
Organic farming is known to maintain a greater natural enemy evenness that ultimately controls pest populations in the farm. For example, Wong cultives weaver ant ( kerengga ) to get rid of herbivorous insects and plant pathogen. Even squirrels, monkeys and birds avoid fruit trees that are occupied by weaver ants. However, in another zone, Wong maintaining a cluster of fruit trees that is free from weaver ants. Over time, the wild mammals and birds feed only from these trees and thus the loss of marketable organic is reduced by 70 percent.
Weaver ant
Medical herb treatments
The farm produces all the medical herbs needed to treat is livestock. Unlike conventional goat farms, DQ farm never uses antibiotic, dewormer or other artificial chemical treatments. It uses a type of vine plant known as “Bakawali” or “ Tinospora rumpii” to boost the immune system and so the goats are seldom sick. Within an acrce of land, it able o raise 25 goats as contrasted with the average of 10 goats per acre in conventional farms. The farm also uses Lengkuas or blue ginger to help chickens fight bacteria.
'Lengkuas'
'Bakawali'
Composting Process
Wong does not purchase any fertilizers but creates his own with the waste from his farm. The exrements and carcasses of the chickens and goat are being composted by utilizing earthworms (Eisenia fetida).The result is microbe and nutrient- rich dark humus, known as “black gold” to farmers. This used to fertilize the organic orchard and grassland in the farm.
EarthWorm
When farmers grow and harvest crops, they remove some of these nutrients from the soil. Without replenishment, land suffers from nutrient depletion and becomes either unusable or suffers from reduced yields. Sustainable agriculture depends on replenishing the soil while minimizing the use of non-renewable resources.
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