KUCHING: The recent Farmers’ Market, jointly organised by the Sarawak Skills Group of Learning Institutions (Sarawak Skills) and Nature Resource Solutions (NRS), has reaffirmed the importance of ‘going green’ for the benefit of current and future generations.
Held on March 18 at Sarawak Skills Tabuan Jaya, here, 20 vendors offered a wide variety of home-grown, pesticide-free produce and other organic products.
True to the theme, ‘Where Buyers Meet Sellers’, the items offered for sale included healthy fruits and vegetables, plants and seedlings, organic farm inputs, organic jams and pickles, fermented and healthy/plant-based food, home-made cakes and drinks.
One of the highlights of the market was a sharing session by Ng Tat Fui on ‘Marcotting – 3 Ways to Multiply Your Favourite Plant/Tree’.
In a press statement here today, Sarawak Skills executive director and Chairman of the Federation of Malaysian Skills Development Centres (FMSDC) Hallman Sabri said it was an honour for Sarawak Skills to organise the Farmers’ Market with Nature Resource Solutions.
“I wish to thank Madam Wee Ai Chin from Nature Resource Solutions for her numerous contributions, especially in the area of facilitating Sarawak Skills’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives.”
“Over the two years, Wee, in her capacity as a nature farming practitioner, has worked closely with our staff members and students in the Malaysian Skills Certificate in Palm Oil Plantation Operation and Supervision Level 3 programme to set up the Sarawak Skills’ Nature Farm and Food Forest at Sarawak Skills, Tabuan Jaya.
“This important project complements Sarawak Skills’ ongoing effort to expand the green lungs of our campus and community. I am also pleased to note that during the Farmers’ Market, our staff members and students set up a booth to sell chillies and vegetables from our nature farm,” he said.
Wee also conducted a 10-week course (Basics of Nature Farming) for Sarawak Skills’ plantation students.
Hallman also said upcoming projects include the Lake Beautification Project at Sarawak Skills, Tabuan Jaya, and greening initiatives at Sarawak Skills’ campuses and earning centres statewide.
“Over the years, various environmentally-friendly projects have been initiated by Sarawak Skills’ staff members and students. A shining example is the solar-powered mini floating fountain by the students of the Diploma in Electrical Power Generation programme,” he said.
Located in the centre of the Sarawak Skills’ pond, the project is a wonderful opportunity for the students to bring theoretical concepts to life.
