A Biodynamic Farm someway from kuching
\nCacao was the specialism here
\nBut fish in ponds and Ducks and loads of chickens, and varied fruits that brought the family cheer
\nA really mature Durian Tree and pineapples in pots
\nWater melons as crimson and as sweet
\nAs anything that I have ever tasted
\nAnd Chinese pointed olives, the elite
\nOf Olives, in the Chaojiu kitchens
\nSalty but a terrific tasty treat<\/p>\n
Managed by a man of dedication, 2 Dayak helpers and a Penan who My journey to Sarawak where I was put up in a small house in the jungle, I was able to assist them day to day with managing the cacao production which though hard was extremely interesting and something I have never ever forget Continue reading
\nAll wanted to live out his great vision
\nA real hard slog with smiling faces too
\nSurrounded by deep jungle, hot and very wet
\nOne could really hear plants growing the freedom not to let
\nThe reason why we got up early every single day
\nAnd went out in the morning as the sun showed us the way
\nWe worked all day at those aching chores
\nand came back before the skies
\nLost the light completely and were made to realise
\nWe always were exhausted and our hands were black and blue
\nFrom stripping side shoots, cracking fallen pods, under our shoe
\nFor otherwise the pods would harbour the Denggi mosquito and
\nCould cause a horrid outbreak to spread across the land
\nSo we went out there, every day under a blazing sky
\nGenerally endocrine disrupters would be sprayed on high
\nFrom the most inadequate sprayers, young women, aimed the jet
\nTo hold back tears each time, I recollect, the gals I met
\nWhere the richer farmers made their staff, spray right through the plants
\nYoung women with young sisters they didn’t stand a chance
\nStirring these vile substances with bare hands,and with tears
\nNothing to protect them they were little dears
\nWith awful scars,and where breathing was so difficult to do
\nSacrificing those poor women
\nDark days for us all
\nAnd so many of the corporations really made a fool
\nOf anyone who tried to change the practice now abroad
\nStopping it,cost money which they could ill afford
\nThe artisan chocolate processor was as rare
\nas a white tapir
\nBut a BD Farmer is prepared to work hard which is clear
\nDay and night, hands bleeding like Daniel
\nHe didn’t stop
\nBut most paid the young girls to slave and spray Lindane all day
\nAnd they sat on their balconies and read The Guardian\u00a0 come what may
\nBiodynamic Farming of Cocoa clearly does
\nImprove the rich environment and it gave me a buzz
\nAnd it wasn’t from the caffiene but from the
\nknowledge base
\nanthroposphical training brought wisdom and brought grace
\nHis fish were in ponds, beneath his chicken stacks
\nThe Ducks and chicken fed would let the seed drop through the cracks
\nSome of the faeces also would fall into the pond
\nexciting the biggest of the worms on which the fish were fond
\nAnd so they grew much faster and were sold
\nat market they
\nWere also bought by Hotels and restaurants
\nand a good price they did pay
\nChicken Eggs and Duck Eggs the shells of which were brown
\nwere also sold at a premium on the stalls in Kuching Town
\nMy visit to the Farm was satisfying
\nI worked hard all the time that I was there
\nI learned a great deal and tasted some amazing fruits
\nAnd the families generosity did share
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