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Education is learning the rules Experience is learning the exceptions to the rules

The Chef’s Garden Low Maintenance Vegetable Gardening The Growing of Nutrient Dense Food Herb selection Recommendations Proper Transplanting Peak Harvesting Full Germination Potting soils Houses

A Natural Farming Method for Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics By Keith O. Mikkelson [email_address] RESOURCE RECOVERY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD AND MAXIMUM HEALTH

Aloha House Inc. Registered with SEC Non-profit, non-stock NGO Accredited by the DSWD Orphanage Christian Ministry Mother ’s Program Train Progressive Organic Farmers

The Nursery Room We Serve the Community

Aloha House Palawan Orphanage Livelihood Poor Families Mother ’ s Program SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE The Aloha House Experience: Make a Sanctuary for the Poor

Where do the children come from? Fishing Villages Abandoned Children Tribes Squatter Camps

1. Qualification The Aloha House Experience: Make a Sanctuary for the Poor Undernourished 0 to 6 yrs. old Dumpsite Feeding Center

Dumpsite Feeding Center 2. Registration The Aloha House Experience: Make a Sanctuary for the Poor

3. Weigh in The Aloha House Experience: Make a Sanctuary for the Poor

Bone Broth w/ Moringa, Mongo Bean, Unpolished Whole Grain Rice, Pastured Poultry Eggs, Raw Milk From Grass Fed Cows From organic farms The Aloha House Experience: Make a Sanctuary for the Poor

Raw Milk From Grass Fed Cows The Aloha House Experience: Make a Sanctuary for the Poor

5. Feed The Neediest, Most Vulnerable With Nutrient Dense Food The Aloha House Experience: Make a Sanctuary for the Poor

6. Monitor Progress The Aloha House Experience: Make a Sanctuary for the Poor

The Aloha House Experience: 1998

Aloha House is Building Soil Fertility Through Resource Recovery High acid clay soil with cogon BEFORE 2001

We built soil fertility by diverting our waste stream.

The Sabang Organic Farm The Hall Mark of Sustainability Sheridan Beach Resort Aloha Consultancy Develop your own organic farm

Welding greenhouse layout Aloha Consultancy Develop your own organic farm

Aloha Consultancy Develop your own organic farm Sustainable development Garden set up Kitchen waste management Livestock Herb production

Aloha Consultancy Develop your own organic farm

Sheridan Beach Resort Aloha Consultancy Develop your own organic farm

Sheridan Beach Resort Organic Farm Aloha Consultancy Develop your own organic farm

Sheridan Beach Resort Chef wants more! Aloha Consultancy Develop your own organic farm

Regular Training for the Community

Marketing the Farm Direct Sales Value Added Services Farm Store Display Area Price List Farm Brochure

Food miles On average, food travels between 2,500 km (1,500) to 4,000 km (2,500 miles) every time that it is delivered to the consumer. Shakey’s Pizza: 1,984 km D’ Amore: 271 km Aloha House: 2 km Become a localvore

C.S.A. Community Supported Agriculture Marketing the Farm Direct Sales Farm Store Display Area Price List Farm Brochure Buy Local, Buy Fresh!

Members receive a box of vegetables and fruits of our choice each week Members pre-pay P2,800 for 8 weeks (P350/week) Money for seeds, labor etc. Available for pickup at 3 convenient locations Each week we also include either goat cheese or yogurt or banana bread or salsa etc. made in our kitchen from fresh farm ingredients C.S.A Ads for other products Newsletter Recipes

Chili Pepper Baby corn Whole Wheat Pole beans Red lettuce cucumber Sweet basil Thai basil kimchi Papaya onions Green lettuce Kangkong Honey Buy Local, Buy Fresh!

Marketing the Farm Direct Sales Value Added Services Value Added Products Farm Store Display Area Price List Farm Brochure Saturday Drive Through Market Buy Local, Buy Fresh!

Direct Sales: Meat, Milk and Eggs

Pick-your-Pork Direct Sales: Meat, Milk and Eggs Pre sell your products: SMS-Text Messages Add on "impulse" items Increase Farm Traffic Marketing the Farm Direct Sales Farm Store Display Area Price List Farm Brochure

Rooting Instincts The pig expressing it's pigness...

Whizbang Chicken Plucker 2 birds in 30 seconds

Effective Hair Restraints Professional Poultry Processing Line

Dressed 1.5 kilo avg Iced Birds!

Pastured and Confinement Eggs EFA Profile of Free-Range* and Battery Eggs * Greek chickens on fish-based feed Source: Simopauls and Salem, AJCN “ Grass fed” Natural Eggs Modern Commercial Eggs

NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD for MAXIMUM HEALTH and FLAVOR Chicken Livers Pasture Raised Conventional Organic Poison Free Organic Grains Poisoned Grains Grass Insects Fish Meal Cracked Corn Sunshine

Why Grass-Fed is Best More Fat-Soluble Vitamins – A, D, E, K - in the fat. More CLA - anti-cancer & weight loss compound - in the fat. More minerals - mostly in the fat. To get the benefits of grass feeding... … you must cook with the fat! And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be satisfied. Deut 11:15

Liver: No food higher in nutrients Eat liver fried, grilled, with bacon, in sausage, pate and liverwurst. 4.2 mg .2 mg .05 mg .02 mg Vitamin B2 111.3 mg 1.84 mg 0 0 Vitamin B12 .73 mg .07 mg .1 mg .03 mg Vitamin B6 27 mg 0 6 mg 7 mg Vitamin C 53,400 IU 40 IU 0 0 Vitamin A 12 mg .2 mg .08 mg .04 mg Copper 4.0 mg 4.4 mg .3 mg .05 mg Zinc 8.8 mg 3.3 mg .6 mg .1 mg Iron 476 mg 140 mg 31 mg 6 mg Phosphorus Liver Red Meat Carrots Apple Per 100 g

The Father of Medicine Hippocrates: 480 B.C Food is medicine vis medicatrix naturae "the healing power of nature" “Let food be your medicine” Soil is the Pharmacy Farm-a-cy V.C.O. God’s Gift to the Tropics: Curative short chain Fatty acids Builds at the cellular level Anti-viral properties

Jolly? bee Hyperactive thyroid High Blood Pressure Diabetes Constipation Hemorrhoids Varicose Veins JOLLY BEE Fast Food V.C.O. Sugar Caffeine Transfat White Rice White Bread Vegetable Oils Thin Healthy People Sell Clothes Fat Sickly Insects sell JUNK

That’s why we have all the Pharmacies!

Do people die from lack of medicine or lack of health?

Agent Orange Agent Orange was the code name for a herbicide developed for the military, primarily for use in tropical climates. Although the genesis of the product goes back to the 1940's, serious testing for military applications did not begin until the early 1960's.The purpose of the product was to deny an enemy cover and concealment in dense terrain by defoliating trees and shrubbery where the enemy could hide . The product "Agent Orange" (a code name for the orange band that was used to mark the drums it was stored in, was principally effective against broad-leaf foliage, such as the dense jungle-like terrain found in Southeast Asia.The product was tested in Vietnam in the early 1960's, and brought into ever widening use during the height of the war (1967-68), though it's use was diminished and eventually discontinued in 1971. Agent Orange was a 50-50 mix of two chemicals, known conventionally as 2,4,D and 2,4,5,T . The combined product was mixed with kerosene or diesel fuel and dispersed by aircraft, vehicle, and hand spraying. An estimated 19 million gallons of Agent Orange were used in South Vietnam during the war. The earliest health concerns about Agent Orange were about the product's contamination with TCDD, or dioxin. TCDD is one of a family of dioxins, some found in nature, and are cousins of the dibenzofurans and pcb's.The TCDD found in Agent Orange is thought to be harmful to man. In laboratory tests on animals, TCDD has caused a wide variety of diseases, many of them fatal. TCDD is not found in nature , but rather is a man-made and always unwanted byproduct of the chemical manufacturing process. The Agent Orange used in Vietnam was later found to be extremely contaminated with TCDD. Dow and Monsanto were sued and paid claims. "Patches", The Air Force C-123 that took the most enemy ground fire of any aircraft flying herbicide missions in Vietnam (U.S. Air force Photo)

Banned in Europe Available in a store near you! Leading herbicide for rice in Asia Herbicides Pesticides Fungicides Suicides

There is no such thing as Junk Food. There is Junk … … and there is Food!

Eye blindness in one or both eyes decreased vision and/or other eye problems such as: blurring, bright flashes, squiggly lines, tunnel vision, decreased night vision pain in one or both eyes decreased tears trouble with contact lenses bulging eyes Ear tinnitus - ringing or buzzing sound severe intolerance of noise marked hearing impairment Neurologic epileptic seizures headaches, migraines and (some severe) dizziness, unsteadiness, both confusion, memory loss, both severe drowsiness and sleepiness paresthesia or numbness of the limbs severe slurring of speech severe hyperactivity and restless legs atypical facial pain severe tremors Psychological/Psychiatric severe depression irritability aggression anxiety personality changes insomnia phobias Chest palpitations, tachycardia shortness of breath recent high blood pressure Gastrointestinal nausea diarrhea, sometimes with blood in stools abdominal pain pain when swallowing Skin and Allergies itching without a rash lip and mouth reactions hives aggravated respiratory allergies such as asthma Endocrine and Metabolic loss of control of diabetes menstrual changes marked thinning or loss of hair marked weight loss gradual weight gain aggravated low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) severe PMS Other frequency of voiding and burning during urination excessive thirst, fluid retention, leg swelling, and bloating increased susceptibility to infection Additional Symptoms of Aspartame Toxicity include the most critical symptoms of all death irreversible brain damage birth defects, including mental retardation peptic ulcers aspartame addiction and increased craving for sweets hyperactivity in children severe depression aggressive behavior suicidal tendencies Aspartame may trigger, mimic, or cause the following illnesses: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epstein-Barr Post-Polio Syndrome Lyme Disease Grave’s Disease Meniere’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease ALS Epilepsy Multiple Sclerosis (MS) EMS Hypothyroidism Mercury sensitivity from Amalgam fillings Fibromyalgia Lupus non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Attention Deficit Disor Aspartame side effects

What does it take to keep 15,000 sq M of intensive vegetables and herbs productive?

1.5 hectare vegetables/herbs 1.5 hectares Neighborhood Pasture 2 Nursery Workers 7 Farm Technicians 0 - 4 interns

Bulati Potting House Nursery Green House Green House Livestock Rest Room Plus about 1,300 sq M of livestock and bulati, a nursery and potting house Bulati Bulati Bulati

Vermiculture Integrated Livestock

Red Savina pepper 12x hotter than Siling Labuyo

Micro Climates Garlic chives Perennials

Gourmet salad Edible flowers Zesty leaves Textured leaves Multicolored leaves

My personal rooftop herb garden

First potting house 2001 Shade Flat Surface

Potting house Why have a potting house? It helps to start most plants in a nursery It will use less space to start Best way to earn income Intensify production

100% Shade Flat Surface Flat Surface

Shell Foundation Shade Flat Surface S.A.K.A. Scholars

Nursery Plants Crops Why have a nursery? It helps to start many plants with protection It will use less space to start Best way to earn income Intensify production Extra shade

Nursery Plants Corrigated Plastic My first nursery

Free Standing Greenhouse Grow in cups

Metal Frame Shade House Greenhouse

1 piece 4x8 plywood 100% Insect Barrier

30-40 cm Farm scale raised beds

You can make a raised bed out of anything!

300 cm 280 cm 231 cm 210 cm All overhang 10 cm Main truss 2 pcs 280 cm 1 pcs 220 cm 1 pcs 210cm 1 pcs 100 cm 2 pcs 60 cm 280 cm 280 cm 200 cm 280 cm Vertical support 2 pcs 300 cm 2 pcs 200 cm

Rooftop farming above the dorms Increases passive cooling

Why cover from rain in the tropics?

Sustainable Concepts Start small and grow into it Develop your project with the confidence that God wants you to grow through the failures and thank Him for the successes

Bed Layout 60-90 cm wide Bed Materials Lumber Hardiflex C.I.B. Hollow block Pre-cast cement Aisle 80cm Row 50cm

Ordinary Compost Aloha Super Mega Turbo Bokashi Ordinary Bokashi

Precast 4 cm thick 12"-18"

Low Cost/ High Value Food Production Sustainable Agriculture Grow what you like to eat first, replace some of what you are buying the most of - Spend 1 year with first livestock system Master 1 technology at a time Master 2 vegetables/herbs at a time Utilize Waste for Food Production You are your own best customer !

The only way to assure success Potting Soil

1/4 Vermicast 1/4 Uling 1/4 Soil 1/4 Sand

Soil Blocks Save space Minimize transplant shock

Poly Bags Cups Blocks Potting House

Lettuce Success Well balanced potting soil Proper Germination Low stress transplanting Proper shading Timed harvest

UV light aids germination Clear plastic keeps moisture in

Proper drying of seeds promotes high germination

4 weeks total in bed Week 2 in bed

4 weeks in bed Ready for harvest

The Chef’s Garden Start with perennial plants Buy annual seedlings Try growing from seeds later if you succeed with plants The End

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