the chef's garden

The Chef’s Garden

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 RecommendationsProper Transplanting

Peak HarvestingFull Germination

Potting soilsHouses

A Natural Farming Method for Sustainable Agriculture

in the Tropics

By Keith O. Mikkelsonmik@mozcom.com

RESOURCE RECOVERY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD AND

MAXIMUM HEALTH

Cebu Pacific

Aloha House Inc.Registered with SECNon-profit, non-stock NGOAccredited by the DSWDOrphanageChristian Ministry Mother’s Program Train Progressive Organic Farmers

The Play Room

Natural Soap Production

The Nursery RoomThe Nursery Room

We Serve the Community

Orphanage

Livelihood

Poor Families

Aloha House Palawan

Mother’s Program

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

The Aloha House Experience:Make a Sanctuary for the Poor

FishingVillages

AbandonedChildren

Tribes

Where do the children come

from?

Squatter Camps

1. Qualification

The Aloha House Experience:Make a Sanctuary for the Poor

DumpsiteFeedingCenter

DumpsiteFeedingCenter

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

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 FertilityThrough Resource Recovery

High acid clay soil with cogonBEFORE

2001

Christmas 2003

We built soil fertility by diverting our waste stream.

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2010

The Sabang Organic FarmThe Hall Mark of Sustainability

Sheridan Beach Resort

Aloha ConsultancyDevelop your own organic farm

Welding greenhouse layout

Aloha ConsultancyDevelop your own organic farm

Aloha ConsultancyDevelop your own organic farm

Sustainable developmentGarden set upKitchen waste managementLivestockHerb production

Aloha ConsultancyDevelop your own organic farm

Aloha ConsultancyDevelop your own organic farm

Sheridan Beach ResortAloha Consultancy

Develop your own organic farm

Sheridan Beach Resort Organic Farm

Aloha ConsultancyDevelop your own organic farm

Sheridan Beach Resort

Chef wants more!

Aloha ConsultancyDevelop your own organic farm

Regular Training for the Community

Marketing the FarmDirect SalesValue Added ServicesFarm StoreDisplay AreaPrice ListFarm Brochure

Marketing the FarmDirect SalesValue Added ServicesFarm StoreDisplay AreaPrice ListFarm Brochure

Food Miles

Food milesOn 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.C.S.A.Marketing the FarmDirect SalesFarm StoreDisplay AreaPrice ListFarm 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 includeeither goat cheese or yogurt or banana breador salsa etc. made in our kitchen from fresh farm ingredients

C.S.AC.S.A

Chili Pepper

Baby corn

Whole Wheat

Pole beans

Red lettuce

cucumberSweet basil

Thai basil

kimchi

Papaya

onionsGreen lettuce

KangkongHoney

Buy Local,Buy Fresh!

Marketing the FarmDirect SalesValue Added ServicesValue Added ProductsFarm StoreDisplay AreaPrice ListFarm Brochure

Buy Local,Buy Fresh!

Pick-your-Pork

Marketing the FarmDirect SalesFarm StoreDisplay AreaPrice ListFarm Brochure

Whizbang Chicken Plucker

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2 birds in30 seconds

Dressed 1.5 kilo avg

Pastured and Confinement Eggs

EFA Profile of Free-Range* and Battery Eggs

* Greek chickens on fish-based feedSource: 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 FreeOrganic Grains

PoisonedGrains

GrassGrassInsectsFish MealCracked Corn

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 nutrientsPer 100 g Apple Carrots Red Meat Liver

Phosphorus 6 mg 31 mg 140 mg 476 mg

Iron .1 mg .6 mg 3.3 mg 8.8 mg

Zinc .05 mg .3 mg 4.4 mg 4.0 mg

Copper .04 mg .08 mg .2 mg 12 mg

Vitamin B2 .02 mg .05 mg .2 mg 4.2 mg

Vitamin A 0 0 40 IU 53,400 IU

Vitamin C 7 mg 6 mg 0 27 mg

Vitamin B6 .03 mg .1 mg .07 mg .73 mg

Vitamin B12 0 0 1.84 mg 111.3 mg

Eat liver fried, grilled, with bacon, in sausage, pate and liverwurst.

The Father of Medicine Hippocrates: 480 B.C

vis medicatrix naturae

"the healing power of nature"“Let food be your medicine”

V.C.O.God’s Gift to the Tropics:Curative short chain Fatty acidsBuilds at the cellular levelAnti-viral properties

Jolly? bee

Hyperactive Hyperactive thyroidthyroid

High BloodHigh BloodPressurePressure

DiabetesDiabetesConstipationConstipation

HemorrhoidsHemorrhoidsVaricoseVaricoseVeinsVeins

JOLLY BEEFast Food

V.C.O.

SugarCaffeineTransfatWhite RiceWhite BreadVegetable Oils

That’s why we have all the Pharmacies!

Do people die fromlack 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)

Leading herbicide for rice in Asia

HerbicidesPesticidesFungicidesSuicides

There is no such thing as Junk Food.There is no such thing as Junk Food.

There is Junk …There is Junk ………and there is Food!and there is Food!

Formalin

Aspartame

Eyeblindness in one or both eyesdecreased vision and/or other eye problems such as: blurring, bright flashes, squiggly lines, tunnel vision, decreased night visionpain in one or both eyesdecreased tearstrouble with contact lensesbulging eyes

Eartinnitus - ringing or buzzing soundsevere intolerance of noisemarked hearing impairment

Neurologicepileptic seizuresheadaches, migraines and (some severe)dizziness, unsteadiness, bothconfusion, memory loss, bothsevere drowsiness and sleepinessparesthesia or numbness of the limbssevere slurring of speechsevere hyperactivity and restless legsatypical facial painsevere tremors

Psychological/Psychiatricsevere depressionirritabilityaggressionanxietypersonality changesinsomniaphobias

Chestpalpitations, tachycardiashortness of breathrecent high blood pressure

Gastrointestinalnauseadiarrhea, sometimes with blood in stoolsabdominal painpain when swallowing

Skin and Allergiesitching without a rashlip and mouth reactionshivesaggravated respiratory allergies such as asthma

Endocrine and Metabolicloss of control of diabetesmenstrual changesmarked thinning or loss of hairmarked weight lossgradual weight gainaggravated low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)severe PMS

Otherfrequency of voiding and burning during urinationexcessive thirst, fluid retention, leg swelling, and bloatingincreased susceptibility to infection

Additional Symptoms of Aspartame Toxicity include the most critical symptoms of alldeathirreversible brain damagebirth defects, including mental retardationpeptic ulcersaspartame addiction and increased craving for sweetshyperactivity in childrensevere depressionaggressive behaviorsuicidal tendencies

Aspartame may trigger, mimic, or cause the following illnesses:Chronic Fatigue SyndromeEpstein-BarrPost-Polio SyndromeLyme DiseaseGrave’s DiseaseMeniere’s DiseaseAlzheimer’s DiseaseALSEpilepsyMultiple Sclerosis (MS)EMSHypothyroidismMercury sensitivity from Amalgam fillingsFibromyalgiaLupusnon-HodgkinsLymphomaAttention Deficit DisorAspartame side effects

Aloha Aloha FarmacyFarmacy

1.5 hectare vegetables/herbs

1.5 hectares Neighborhood Pasture

2 Nursery Workers7 Farm Technicians0 - 4 interns

BulatiPotting House

Nursery

Green House

Green House

Livestock

Rest RoomBulati

Bulati

Bulati

Integrated Livestock

Vermiculture

Integrated Livestock

Palawan Creamery

Cheese Cave

Herbs next

Siling Labuyo

Red Savina pepper

12x hotter than Siling Labuyo

NCCCWednesday delivery

Current packaging

Minimal Tillage

Perennials

Perennials

Perennials

Micro Climates

Garlic chives

Perennials

Perennials

Perennials

Gourmet saladEdible flowersZesty leavesTextured leaves Multicolored leaves

My personal rooftop herb garden

Shade

Flat Surface

Why have a potting house?

1. It helps to start most plants in a nursery2. It will use less space to start3. Best way to earn income4. Intensify production

100% Shade

Flat Surface

Flat Surface

Remove Field Heat

Remove Field Heat

Palawan Creamery

Nursery

Shade

Flat Surface

Why have a nursery?

1. It helps to start many plants with protection2. It will use less space to start3. Best way to earn income4. Intensify production

My first nursery

Grow in cups

1 piece4x8 plywood

1 piece4x8 plywood

You can make a raised bed out of anything!

300 cm

280 cm

231 cm 210 cm

All overhang10 cm

Main truss2 pcs 280 cm1 pcs 220 cm1 pcs 210cm1 pcs 100 cm2 pcs 60 cm

280 cm 280 cm

200 cm

280 cm

Vertical support2 pcs 300 cm2 pcs 200 cm

Increases passive cooling

Dorms

Homework

Sustainable ConceptsStart 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 MaterialsLumberHardiflexC.I.B.Hollow blockPre-cast cement Aisle80cm

Row 50cm

Low Cost/High Value

Food Production

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

Sustainable Agriculture

The only way to assure success

1/4 Vermicast1/4 Uling1/4 Soil1/4 Sand

Soil Blocks•Save space•Minimize transplant shock

Potting House

Leafy green

Romaine lettuce

Mizuna

Petchay

Lettuce Success1. Well balanced potting soil2. Proper Germination3. Low stress transplanting4. Proper shading5. Timed harvest

Clear plastic keeps moisture in

Proper drying of seeds promotes high germination

Prick out:From tray to cup

Remove Field Heat

The Chef’s Garden

1. Start with perennial plants

2. Buy annual seedlings

3. Try growing from seeds later if you succeed with plants