AGRICULTURE

Phrae

In 2008, five acres of land was purchased to develop a small farm for self-sufficiency. A special thank you to the people who gave money to purchase and develop the land ready for planting.

As funds were not available till December 2009, the land sat for one year. Preparation commenced with clearing and leveling the land. A 500m2 dam was dug for fish farming. July 2010 we purchased 1,000 fish.

Two hundred fruit trees of various kinds have been planted. A vegetable patch has also been established with small amounts of vegetables grown on a trial basis. Long beans were a real success!

As well as establishing the farm land, four acres at the back of the children's village has been developed to grow rice. This has been successful, especially in involving poor people from the community program.

One of the long term goals for the farm is to raise animals to help with our self sufficiency.